Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - Japan provides over $50 million for four projects

Japan provides over $50 million for four projects

Content image - Phnom Penh Post
The grants were provided with the signing and exchanges of letters and documents, witnessed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida following their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh. SPM

Japan provides over $50 million for four projects

The Japanese government On November 12 provided $51.3 million to Cambodia for the implementation of four major projects.

The grants were provided with the signing and exchanges of letters and documents, witnessed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida following their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh.

The exchange of letters and related documents on the Japanese grants was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami.

They include the construction of a training and education building on war awareness of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), worth about $17 million, and a socio-economic development programme which will cost approximately $8 million. A project to improve the management of contaminated medical waste will be funded to the tune of about $3 million, with the expansion of the water supply system of Prek Village Factory granted around $23.3 million.

Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth will also sign the following documents with the Japanese delegation: the grant agreement for the three projects implemented by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with JICA country director Kame Haruko, and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Toshimitsu Imal, deputy chief executive officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation.

The grants will make a significant contribution to the government's efforts to accelerate Cambodia's socio-economic development and further strengthen existing cooperation and traditional ties between the two countries.

MOST VIEWED

  • Wing Bank opens new branch in front of Orkide The Royal along Street 2004

    Wing Bank celebrates first anniversary as commercial bank with launch of brand-new branch. One year since officially launching with a commercial banking licence, Wing Bank on March 14 launched a new branch in front of Orkide The Royal along Street 2004. The launch was presided over by

  • Girl from Stung Meanchey dump now college grad living in Australia

    After finishing her foundational studies at Trinity College and earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 2022, Ron Sophy, a girl who once lived at the Stung Meanchey garbage dump and scavenged for things to sell, is now working at a private

  • Ministry using ChatGPT AI to ‘ease workload’; Khmer version planned

    The Digital Government Committee is planning to make a Khmer language version of popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology ChatGPT available to the public in the near future, following extensive testing. On March 9, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications revealed that it has been using the

  • Rare plant fetches high prices from Thai, Chinese

    Many types of plants found in Cambodia are used as traditional herbs to treat various diseases, such as giloy or guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) or aromatic/sand ginger (Kaempferia galangal) or rough cocklebur (Xanthium Strumartium). There is also a plant called coral, which is rarely grown

  • Cambodia returns 15M Covid jabs to China

    Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia will return 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to China for donation to other countries. The vaccines in question were ordered but had not yet arrived in Cambodia. While presiding over the Ministry of Health’s annual meeting held on

  • Wat Phnom hornbills attract tourists, locals

    Thanks to the arrival of a friendly flock of great hornbills, Hour Rithy, a former aviculturist – or raiser of birds – in Kratie province turned Phnom Penh tuk tuk driver, has seen a partial return to his former profession. He has become something of a guide