Day: March 28, 2024

A cruise ship named “Viking Orion,” transporting 886 tourists of 18 different nationalities, of them 458 are women, docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in Preah Sihanouk province this morning for a day-long visit there.

Sailing under the flag of Norway, the 228.3-metre-long, 28.8-metre-wide and 6.65-metre-deep cruise ship came from Thailand, according to an immigration police officer.

Most of the tourists are American (707), he pointed out, adding that three of them continued their trip to Siem Reap cultural province to visit Angkor temples, while the rest visited cultural resorts, beaches and other tourist attractions in the Preah Sihanouk coastal province.

With 469 crewmembers of 43 different nationalities, of them 93 are women, the tourist ship will depart for Vietnam this evening, he said.

Since the beginning of this year, more and more cruise ships docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Former Prime Minister of Cambodia, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, on Mar. 28 received Mr. Chen Zhong, Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau and Chairman of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd., on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024 in China’s Hainan province.

In the meeting, Mr. Chen Zhong pledged to do his best for the Funan Techo canal project to be a reality in accordance with the recommendations of Samdech Techo Hun Sen, current President of Supreme Privy Council to His Majesty the King, and Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The CCCC chairman also informed Samdech Techo Hun Sen about the completion of feasibility study on the construction of Road No. 50C connecting Kampong Thom province to Kampong Chhnang province, and of National Road No. 3 from Kampot to Veal Rinh in Preah Sihanouk province, for about 20 kilometres long.

For his part, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said tha
t the Funan Techo Canal is an important project, which will benefit the Cambodian people and nation.

The US$1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal project, which will be broken ground for construction at the end of 2024, will link Prek Takeo of Mekong River to the sea in Kep province crossing four provinces: Kandal, Takeo, Kampot and Kep with a total of 1.6 million people living on either side of the waterway.

China Communications Construction Company is the parent company of China Road and Bridge, the company that has built the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway, is constructing the expressway from Phnom Penh to Bavet and has studied the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap and Siem Reap-Poipet expressways, as well as the Funan Techo Canal project.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Cambodia has requested the Chinese government to support the Funan Techo Canal project, which will benefit the Cambodian people and nation.

The request was made by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Supreme Privy Council to His Majesty the King, in a meeting with H.E. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Chinese National People’s Congress, in China’s Hainan province on Mar. 28, on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen recalled the long-lasting relations between Cambodia and China and thanked the Chinese side for always paying attention to the health of Their Majesties the King and Queen-Mother of Cambodia.

For his part, H.E. Zhao Leji reaffirmed China’s commitment to promote the cooperation with Cambodian within the framework of Belt and Road and Diamond Cooperation, encourage more Chinese investors to invest in Cambodia in many areas such as infrastructure, tourism, etc., and cooperate in cracking down on cybercrimes.

He also confirmed that the Chinese side will continue to pay attention to the health of the Cambodian monarchs.

Funan Techo Canal project is the first historic project in Cambodia’s waterway transport sector to connect the Mekong River system and the sea.

According to the project’s feasibility study, the US$1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal project, which will be broken ground for construction at the end of 2024, is 180 kilometres long and 100 metres wide upstream and 80 metres downstream with two navigation lanes. The construction would take around four years to complete and cost some US$1.7 billion

The canal will link Prek Takeo of Mekong River to the sea in Kep province crossing four provinces: Kandal, Takeo, Kampot and Kep with a total of 1.6 million people living on either side of the waterway.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse