The canal will link the Mekong River to the Bassac River, and then, through Kandal, Takéo and Kampot provinces, to Kep province and the Gulf of Thailand. Map of the Funan Techo Canal. Image by ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency by linking a branch of the Mekong River near ..

Phnom Penh has secured China nod for controversial Mekong ... river. After months of uncertainty, Phnom Penh last week signed a deal with China to develop the Funan Techo Canal when President ...

The Funan Techo canal will run from the Mekong river, about an hour's drive south-east of Phnom Penh, to the sea in the Gulf of Thailand. The government says the canal will offer an alternative to ...

HANOI - The authority overseeing the transnational Mekong River wants Cambodia to share ... signed a deal with China to develop the Funan Techo Canal when President Xi Jinping visited Cambodia ...

After months of uncertainty, Phnom Penh last week signed a deal with China to develop the Funan Techo Canal when President ... of the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) that ...

FILE - A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) PHNOM ...

FILE - A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File ...

After months of uncertainty, Phnom Penh last week signed a deal with China to develop the Funan Techo Canal when President ... of the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) that ...