Hun Sen’s demining drive reaches US$16mil in one week

Representatives of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC) sign a demining MoU for Tbong Khmum province. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): After Prime Minister Hun Sen made the July 4 announcement of the Samdech Techo Project for Mine Action, which will run under the slogan “Providing Safe Ground, Creating Smiles”, donors from the government and the private sector have contributed more than US$16mil (RM71mil) towards demining efforts.

Seng Tieng, secretary of state at the Council of Ministers, said on July 12 that donors were continuing to contribute.