Hor NamhongPHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia and Vietnam have signed a deal to link their railways, Cambodia's foreign minister said Saturday, helping revive long-running plans to link Asia by rail.
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said China would help Cambodia with the railroad link to Vietnam, which will cost more than 500 million dollars.
"China has promised to build the railroad from Phnom Penh to Vietnam as part of the project to create a link from Singapore to Kunming in China," Hor Namhong said on his return from regional meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam.
"The railroads are very important for Cambodia's economy because we can then export goods to other southeast Asian countries at low cost," he told reporters at Phnom Penh International airport.
Cross-border trade between Cambodia and Vietnam totalled 1.7 billion dollars in the first eight months of this year, Hor Namhong added.
Cambodia is linked to its western neighbour Thailand by a track that is no longer in use.
Cambodia's civil war only ended in the 1990s, and trains throughout the impoverished nation crawl along dilapidated tracks.
It has long been a dream to connect Asia by rail, and many of the gaps in the railway are in Southeast Asia, with only Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand operating cross-border links.
The Asian Development Bank has stepped in with funds to help overhaul Cambodia's railways, a project many hope will be finished within the next few years.
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said China would help Cambodia with the railroad link to Vietnam, which will cost more than 500 million dollars.
"China has promised to build the railroad from Phnom Penh to Vietnam as part of the project to create a link from Singapore to Kunming in China," Hor Namhong said on his return from regional meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam.
"The railroads are very important for Cambodia's economy because we can then export goods to other southeast Asian countries at low cost," he told reporters at Phnom Penh International airport.
Cross-border trade between Cambodia and Vietnam totalled 1.7 billion dollars in the first eight months of this year, Hor Namhong added.
Cambodia is linked to its western neighbour Thailand by a track that is no longer in use.
Cambodia's civil war only ended in the 1990s, and trains throughout the impoverished nation crawl along dilapidated tracks.
It has long been a dream to connect Asia by rail, and many of the gaps in the railway are in Southeast Asia, with only Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand operating cross-border links.
The Asian Development Bank has stepped in with funds to help overhaul Cambodia's railways, a project many hope will be finished within the next few years.
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Since when? China and vietnam have a kind heart.
welcome to the new era, it's good for the economy as well as building a peaceful and lasting friendship with all countries, vietnam included. remember, cambodia can learn from anyone, former adversaries or not. god bless cambodia.
cambodia is not about just a few privileged elitists anymore, it's about the entire nation and all Khmer people and citizens. remember, this is what a real democracy is all about; meaning no one elected official or appointed official should hold officer forever, otherwise, it would be a real democracy. in fact, learn about a true democracy from the USA, one of the most powerful nation in the world. god bless cambodia.
He looks vietnameser than vietnamese this hor vietnam hong...
2:58 AM, 3:01 AM
"god bless cambodia" from the mouth of ah yuon.
Keep your stinky mouth shut.
My Khmer compatriots dearest,
There can be no dreams, no theories, no suppositions, no comparisons or nothing whatsoever until we can rid of the Viet domination in Cambodia.
As long as there is Viet, there will be no Cambodia. The Viet will never ever let Cambodia be free from the Federation of Indochina which Khmer will be ultimately Vietnamized from head to toe( to the backbone).
[Le Vietnam ne nous laisse jamais tranquille et independemment de la Federation de l'Indochine. Khmer sera alors vietnamise de la tete aux pieds ]
ល្គឹកណា វៀតណាម រស់រានមានជិវិត នៅលើ
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កដថ្ក្ដសកថុេ្កលើុ៨ថដសាលិថ្កេុិាុសដថដកស្ថេិ៨៧ដថ៨៩េៀ្កល្ក្ក្ដថាិសុថដិេុ៨ដ៧ុថ០េ៨ុោដសថដថ
DO MA THANG KHOMER NGU VA! NO KHONG BIET LAM GI HET. NO CHI CO BIET AN CHOI VA OUN RU VI SAO NGOUC KHAMPUCHEA KHONG GI HET
The problem is those assholes in Phnom Penh care more about their Lexus and villa (corruption make life so easy) than about the country. When the Yuon will take the country I wonder if they will get to keep their villa and Lexus?
You will all die.
It feel very secure to know that best pals are working together.
Min deung chea ah siam reu ah yuon pit dael sase khnong blog nis, reu muoy ko ah khmae na mneak doe tuor chum nuos puok vea, ah slab khmean dey kob, ah slab khmean pachha dot.
Meul muk vea chos, ah hor namhong nis muk vea boe min yuon ko chen dae, muk khmae khmean baeb nis te. Ah hun sen muk doch khmae, tae kbal vea yuon chom hoey khuor vea trov ah yuon hav tov chak thnam bang vel roal trey meas (seung tae roal khae). Meul teang os tov, ah tea banh muk yuon chhmuos yuon sot, ah hok lundy muk yuon chhmuos yuon sot, ah sok an muk yuon phang chen phang, ah sok kong muk yuon sot, ah chhkae os nis vea mok bang kob khluon taing pi vea nov beam day rohot dol vea tveu chea ah neak thom. Pouch vea nov tam chraing tunle chroen nas, taing pi voat champa phlov kien svay keu sambok ah chaor mi chaor yuon nov trang nus, hoey mean ah yuon khlas chea police sangkat/khum teat phang. Ah konn yuon mi konn yuon tov rean thnak pakrinha nov khnong krong, khmean ah chhkae na muoy kit kvol kvay te.
Hey lok TA 9:35PM; Lok Ta aing soser vaing pek yang ning, kyom meul min yuol teh. Lok Ta arch soser chea aksor khmer yeung barn teh?
Roeung muoy somkhann teath: lok Yeay hao lok Ta tov pisa bai hauy pheuk sra krohorm teath, lok TA yuol kyom barn teh??? អរគុណ។
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La-or nas chav euy, ta chas hoey min trov ka kroeung sraveung te, tae ta sraveung teuk moat mdong mkal daoy kheunh tung veu bos puok vea huos haet pek leu reas khmae. Min deung tha aeng chea ronuk khnong bos ah yuon khluon khmae, reu ko aeng chea neak skoal pi cheat pit prakod reu yang na te. Ta som prab aeng, meul tov kheunh hoey, ah yuon hok lundy slab rok khmaoch min kheunh te, nis preah lok boek preah net hoey.
Pon nes ta os chet hoey, cham leuk kraoy sase teat. Ta min ches rok kunlis sase chea pheasa khmae te, ta ches tech tuoch nas, chav euy.
Pi ta pi chumnoan sak kde phoum rohot mok pel nis.
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