Vietnam supports Cambodia’s plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal’s possible negative effects, its foreign ministry said on Aug 8.
The Cambodian authorities broke ground on Aug 5 on the US$1.7 billion (S$2.3 billion) Funan Techo Canal, a project that is meant to divert a large part of Cambodian shipping away from Vietnam, according to the Cambodian government.
“We support the project and respect the decision to build the canal,” ministry spokesperson Doan Khac Viet told a regular media briefing.
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