FILE - A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File ...

the canal is expected to create "up to 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in Cambodia.” Critics have raised concerns that the canal could severely disrupt the Mekong Rive r’s natural flood patterns.

Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency by linking a branch of the Mekong River near Phnom Penh to a port on ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China have signed a $1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency by linking a branch of the Mekong River near ...

FILE - A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) PHNOM ...

On the horizon, a few miles downriver, rise the towers of Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh. As I embrace the languid scene, I consider how my cruise down the Mekong is transcending the region ...