[1/2]A view of the site where the groundbreaking ceremony was held in August 2024 to begin construction of the Funan Techo Canal at Prek Takeo, east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia October 16, 2024.

The US is urging greater transparency from Cambodia over a planned $1.7 billion canal that observers say could be used to bolster China’s military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, posing ...

Construction of the 151.6-kilometer (94-mile) canal began last year but was halted shortly after the Aug. 5 groundbreaking ceremony for reasons that were not made clear.

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.

Cambodia hopes that the $1.7 billion Funan Techo canal, being built with Chinese help, will support its ambition to export directly from factories along the Mekong without relying on Vietnam ...

But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions. - Cambodia has broken ground to build a $1.7 billion, China-funded canal to eventually link its capital Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand ...

Cambodia to Break Ground on Contentious Canal Project in August In a speech yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Manet said that his government would not afford to “wait for anybody,” and would fund ...

Cambodia hopes the 100-meter (328 feet)-wide, 5.4-meter (17.7 feet)-deep canal will lower the cost of shipping goods to the country’s sole deep-sea port, Sihanoukville, and reduce reliance on ...

Construction of the 151.6-kilometer (94-mile) canal began last year but was halted shortly after the Aug. 5 groundbreaking ceremony for reasons that were not made clear.

The Funan Techo project, estimated to cost around $1.7 billion, is an artificial canal that will connect Cambodia’s seaports in the southwest to the Mekong River.