As construction of the Funan Techo Canal begins to gather steam, the Kingdom is working to develop a legal framework for the ...

With its potential to foster Chinese-backed economic enclaves and military installations, the canal poses a foreseeable challenge to Vietnam’s national security. The $1.7 billion Funan Techo ...

Cambodia will start work on a US$1.7-billion canal linking the capital Phnom Penh to the sea in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Thursday. Hun Manet said the Funan Techo canal would mostly be ...

Media reports said Beijing had withdrawn from the US$1.7 billion Funan Techo canal, which will link the capital Phnom Penh with the Gulf of Thailand, after a disagreement about control of the project.

A Chinese-backed canal in Cambodia is likely to put “fragile” ecosystems at risk, researchers in China and Britain have warned, calling for better mitigation efforts. The Funan Techo canal ...

With the power to reshape trade routes and affect geopolitical ties, the Funan Techo canal has become a litmus test for China ...

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 ...

Vietnam hopes that Cambodia will continue to closely coordinate with VN and other countries in the Mekong area to share full information and assess the detailed impacts of this project.

The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates. What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's ...

The Chinese embassy in Cambodia sought to downplay reports it had pulled out of a controversial canal project by publishing an article that described them as "complete nonsense". Media reports said ...