Funan Techo Canal groundbreaking set for Aug 5


PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Manet (pic) announced that the groundbreaking for the Funan Techo Canal is set for Aug 5, noting that 51 per cent of the investment in the project will come from Cambodian financiers.

“I would like to declare that Aug 5, 2024, is the date of the canal groundbreaking and we don’t need to wait until the first anniversary of the seventh mandate government.

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