Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade ... - Associated Press News
WEB1 day ago · PREK TAKEO, Cambodia (AP) — The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its headwaters to the sea, sustaining the world’s largest inland fishery and abundant rice paddies on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Cambodia’s plan to build a massive canal linking the …
Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests
WEB5 days ago · PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said he was pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests. Critics on social media have focused on land concessions in border areas particularly with Vietnam, a …
Cambodia pulls out of border development deal with Vietnam, Laos
WEB5 days ago · Sep 21, 2024, 03:41 PM. PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has withdrawn from a decades-old regional economic development deal with Vietnam and Laos, Prime Minister Hun Manet said, in a surprise concession to ...
Cambodia's leader says arrested protesters were ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 5, 2024 · PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s leader on Thursday condemned international human rights groups for criticizing the arrest of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with …
At Least 20 Arrested in Cambodia for Protests Against Economic …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Cambodian authorities arrested more than 20 political and youth activists over the weekend in a bid to forestall planned protests against an economic agreement with Laos and Vietnam, according to...
Cambodia says it will cut shipping through Vietnam by 70% with …
WEBPHNOM PENH/HANOI, May 7 (Reuters) - Cambodia plans to cut shipping through Vietnamese ports by 70% as a result of a $1.7 billion China-funded upgrade of a canal connecting the Mekong River...
Cambodia vexes Vietnam with plan to divert Mekong trade via …
WEBMar 21, 2024 · Cambodia vexes Vietnam with plan to divert Mekong trade via China-built canal. Planned Phnom Penh-to-coast link raises alarms amid regional influence tussle. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming …
WEB1 day ago · The Mekong River flows from China through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It supports a fishery that accounts for 15% of the global inland catch, worth over $11 billion annually ...
Cambodia protests kill regional development agreement with Laos, Vietnam
WEB5 days ago · Associated Press. Published: 7:05pm, 21 Sep 2024. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said he was pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighbouring Vietnam and Laos following ...
Vietnam Backs Cambodia's Mekong Canal, Urges Cooperation on …
WEBAug 8, 2024 · HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam supports Cambodia's plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal's...
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