Bilateral development assistance
Non-DAC members
Government will not look into Funcinpec request for aid from China
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said royalist party Funcinpec will not be investigated for requesting funds from China, despite an article in the Law on Political Parties banning parties from receiving financial support from foreign governments and institutions. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-will-not-look-funcinpec-request-aid-china
Apparently flouting party law, Funcinpec requests Chinese funding
Following a meeting with a Chinese delegation yesterday morning, Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh claimed to have requested monetary assistance from China, an apparent violation of the Law on Political Parties. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/apparently-flouting-party-law-funcinpec-requests-chinese-funding
China to provide funds of $7 million
China will provide Cambodia with more than $7 million today to implement a variety of projects across the kingdom through the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund. Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo will sign the agreement at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097272/china-provide-funds-7-million/
China gives demining supplies after pledge of support
The Chinese Embassy donated equipment to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) yesterday, marking the beginning of a new pledge to become a top donor to the sector, following the withdrawal of US funds. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gives-demining-supplies-after-pledge-support
China donates $200,000 in fire equipment
A Chinese company has donated fire equipment to the Interior Ministry worth about $200,000, an official said yesterday. Neth Vantha, a fire department chief, said that Enterprise Limited of China is set to donate the equipment, including two fire trucks. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075678/china-donates-200000-fire-equipment/
China funded 70 percent of Cambodian roads, bridges: Minister
About 70 percent of roads and bridges in Cambodia have been funded by China, with loans for their financing adding up to about $2 billion, government-affiliated Fresh News reported the transport minister as saying on Friday. ...
Sek Odom and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-funded-70-percent-cambodian-roads-bridges-minister-132786/
Cambodia tourism to get Chinese help
China has revealed a plan to help Cambodia by establishing a comprehensive tourism development plan for Siem Reap province, home of the famed Angkor archeological park. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065656/cambodia-tourism-to-get-chinese-help/
New city buses
Phnom Penh municipal officials and Chinese Embassy representatives yesterday commemorated the handover of 98 Chinese buses and two cranes to the city yesterday at a ceremony on Koh Pich. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-city-buses
Software to help stop spread of TB
The Indian Embassy to Cambodia has given a $50,000 grant for a project to help stop the spread of tuberculosis in the kingdom. During a press conference at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) on Friday, Operation ASHA programme director Dr Narith ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38802/software-to-help-stop-spread-of-tb/
China gives $240m in aid
China has granted $240 million aid to Cambodia under agreements signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on a state visit to Beijing. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38482/china-gives--240m-in-aid/
China, Cambodia promise to deepen friendly ties
Vice Chairman Chen Changzhi pledged that China would continue to extend loans to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, provide development aid, and encourage investment. ...
Ith Sothoeuth
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/china-cambodia-promise-to-deepen-friendly-ties/3794351.html
China asked to fund bridges
Cambodia yesterday asked China to help fund the construction of two bridges across the Mekong River, which it said would cut traffic congestion in Phnom Penh and help create a ring road around the city. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36169/china-asked-to-fund-bridges/
China to help modernize military, defense minister says
Chinese aid and expertise—and perhaps some fighter jets—will help modernize Cambodia’s military, Defense Minister Tea Banh said on Monday as navy vessels from China and the U.S. paid courtesy calls to Cambodia’s ports. Speaking after his return from the 7th Xiangshan Forum, a regional security summit ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-help-modernize-military-defense-minister-says-119421/
Cambodia-China tourism pact
A tourism development agreement was signed last week between Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism and China’s Shanghai Spring International Travel Service Group to boost the influx of Chinese tourists to the Kingdom. In announcing the agreement on Saturday, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said: “The memorandum ...
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30853/cambodia-china-tourism-pact/
Rainsy says China aid to blame for rights abuses
Days after signing a statement welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy took to Radio Free Asia to slam China for enabling human rights abuses in the Kingdom with no-strings-attached loans. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-says-china-aid-blame-rights-abuses
China gives $2 billion for roads, bridge
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping last week resulted in loan agreements worth almost $2 billion for road infrastructure development in Cambodia, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said on Friday. According to Transport Minister Sun Chanthol, the money will be used to ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30849/china-gives--2-billion-for-roads--bridge/
China’s president Xi arrives bearing gifts
Chinese President Xi Jinping is not one to arrive without a gift. On his first visit to Cambodia as head of state on Thursday, he pledged some $237 million in aid, erased almost $90 million in state debt, offered nearly $15 million in military support and ...
Khy Sovuthy, Ben Paviour and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinas-president-xi-arrives-bearing-gifts-119274/
NEC receives heaps of hardware from China
The National Election Committee yesterday announced the details of an assistance package from China, which has pledged to support Cambodia’s upcoming commune and national elections, set for 2017 and 2018. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-receives-heaps-hardware-china
China to help Cambodia’s military
China will help Cambodia improve its military capacity and provide military technical skills, National Defense Minister Tea Banh said yesterday. ...
Ban Sokrith and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30614/china-to-help-cambodia---s-military/
China promises additional aid after ASEAN skirts sea dispute
China promised Cambodia funds for a variety of projects during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang during this week’s Asean Summit in Vientiane, a minister attached to Mr. Hun Sen told reporters on Thursday night. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-promises-additional-aid-asean-skirts-sea-dispute-117783/
Cambodia-China talk expressway
A proposed Chinese-built highway linking Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville appears to be moving forward, after the chairman of the company behind the project met with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28412/cambodia-china-talk-expressway/
Chinese money instrumental to progress, Hor Namhong says
Cambodia’s development “could not be detached” from Chinese aid, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong said on Monday, joining a chorus of officials from both parties praising a relationship that appears to be deepening over similar stances on the South China Sea. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-money-instrumental-to-progress-hor-namhong-says-116208/
China to foot bill for new National Assembly offices
Just days after Cambodia was accused of watering down an ASEAN statement on the South China Sea, China promised to pay for a $16 million, 12-floor administration building for the National Assembly during a visit of delegates to the country led by Assembly President Heng ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-foot-bill-new-national-assembly-offices
Cambodia denies ASEAN ‘Veto’
The Foreign Ministry has denied claims that the $600 million in aid promised to Cambodia by China this month was in any way tied to the Kingdom’s stance on the South China Sea. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27762/cambodia-denies-asean----veto---/