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Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal project: A catalog of worries (analysis)
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 ...
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Funan Techo Canal
The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates.
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Cambodia’s US$1.7 billion China-backed canal sparked unease. Here’s how it can soothe concerns
The 180km Funan Techo Canal ... of the Funan Techo Canal project by releasing the relevant technical details as part of a feasibility study shared with the Mekong River Commission.
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Cambodia PM launches canal project linking Mekong river to sea
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 ...
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Southeast Asia
The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates. What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's ...
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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade; but it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions
PREK TAKEO: The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in ... Cambodia hopes that the US$1.7 billion Funan Techo canal, being built with Chinese help, will support its ambition to export directly ...