A Cambodian national flag is displayed during a groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Funan Techo canal on the country's south coast at Prek Takeo village on August 5, 2024.

'Historic' Funan Techo canal, a 180km project from the Mekong River to the coast, aims to reduce Cambodia's transport dependence on Vietnam A China-backed canal in Cambodia could push neighbouring ...

FILE - A Cambodian national flag is displayed during a groundbreaking ceremony of China-funded Funan Techo canal that will connect the country's capital Phnom Penh with Kep province on the country ...

A man attends the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Funan Techo Canal Logistics System Project in Kandal province, Cambodia, August 5, 2024. Chantha Lach/Reuters. The Funan ...

The rhetoric is loud and clear. The planned Funan Techo Canal (FTC) could be regarded as Cambodia’s analog to China’s Grand Canal: a remarkable accomplishment and an object of Khmer national ...

Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2-billion financing agreement for a 150-kilometre canal that will link a branch of the Mekong River near Phnom Penh to a port on the Gulf of Thailand, ending ...

Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, said the body ...

A general view of the China-funded Funan Techo Canal Logistics System Project, a proposed 180 km venture set to connect the Mekong River in Kandal province to the Gulf of Thailand, with an ...

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 to a port on ...

Cambodia broke ground Monday on a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea, despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam.

After months of uncertainty, Phnom Penh last week signed a deal with China to develop the Funan Techo Canal when President Xi Jinping visited Cambodia as part of a tour of Southeast Asia.