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Concession Profile | Open Development Cambodia C A M B O D I A Concession Profile Share Ban Ya Group Company Identity Company : Ban Ya Group tt nn ee mm pp oo ll ee vv eepp DDOOLaneednn Identity [ View On Map ] Land Area : 7,000.00 hectares About Briefing s Maps Downloads Companies Laws & Reg ulations Natural Resources Census Data News Blog Links Contract Signed : March 31, 2010 Land Site Location : Lvea Kraing, Srae Noy, Khun Ream commune, Varin, Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap province Reference(s) Sub Decree No 36.pdf (31/03/2010) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Article sum m aries are copyrighted by their respective sources. This Open Developm ent Cam bodia (ODC) site is com piled from available docum entation and provides data without fee for general inform ational purposes only. It is not a com m ercial research service. Inform ation is posted only after a careful vetting and verification process, however ODC cannot guarantee accuracy, com pleteness or reliability from third party sources in every instance. Site users are encouraged to do additional research in support of their activities and to share the results of that research with our team at inf [email protected] to further im prove site accuracy. In deference to local Cam bodian Law, Open Developm ent Cam bodia (ODC) site users understand and agree to take full responsibility for reliance on any site inform ation provided and to hold harm less and waive any and all liability against individuals or entities associated with its developm ent, form and content for any loss, harm or dam age suffered as a result of its use. Copyright ©2013, Open Development Cambodia | Contact | Disclaimer.
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