In response to increased demand for clean water, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has invested in new treatment facilities in three locations: Bakheng, Takhmao and Boeung Thom
The first phase of the Bakheng water treatment plant construction project will be completed in May this year, while the second phase is scheduled for completion early next year, officials said.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the French Development Agency (AFD) to continue to help Cambodia develop its human resources, water treatment and transport infrastructure. AFD has committed $100 million in funding for projects in the coming year.
French foreign trade minister Olivier Becht is set to pay a visit to the Kingdom from January 24-25 to strengthen Cambodian-French economic cooperation.
Inscription experts at the National Museum are researching and translating the words on an engraved stone that was recently discovered in Preah Vihear province, while Stung Treng provincial Department of Culture and Fine Arts’s officials found fragments of the ruined Phu Chong temple – also known as Bachong Temple – that has been buried in the Mekong River for centuries.