Cambodia launches project linking Mekong River to sea via canal

PREK TAKEO, Cambodia: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a controversial $1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea. At a launch event in Prek Takeo, southeast of the capital Phnom Penh, Manet called the 180-kilometre (110-mile) project “historic”, as fireworks shot into […]


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