Special Briefing on Investment Law

• 25.02.2022
• News CCI

Cambodia promulgated the Law on Investment (LoI) on 15 October 2021 to establish an open, transparent, and predictable legal framework to attract and promote quality, effective and efficient investments by Cambodian nationals or foreigners in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The LOI applies to “Qualified Investment Projects” (QIPs), “Expanded Qualified Investment Projects” (EQIPs), and “Guaranteed Investment Projects” (GIPs) registered with the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) or Municipal-Provincial Investment Sub- Committees.

The following investment sectors and activities are entitled to investment incentives:

1- High-tech industries involving innovation or research and development;

2- Innovative or highly competitive new industries or manufacturing with high added value; 

3- Industries supplying regional and global production chains;

4- Industries supporting agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, regional and global production chains, and supply chains;

5- Electrical and electronic industries;

6- Spare parts, assembly, and installation industries; 

7- Mechanical and machinery industries; 

8- Agriculture, agro-industry, agro-processing industry, and food processing industries serving the domestic market or export;

9- small and medium-sized enterprises in priority sectors and small and medium-sized enterprise cluster development, industrial parks, and science, technology, and innovation parks;

10- Tourism and tourism-related activities;

11- Special economic zones;

12- Digital industries; 

13- Education, vocational training, and productivity promotion;

14- Health;

15- Physical infrastructure;

16- Logistics;

17- Environmental management and protection, and biodiversity conservation and the circular economy;

18- Green energy, technology contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation;

19- Other sectors and investment activities not listed by the LoI deemed by the Royal Government of Cambodia to have the potential for socio-economic development.