A Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) team is conducting an operation to retrieve unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a sunken warship in the Mekong River in Prey Veng province. The team is currently recovering between 10 and 20 explosive items a day from the wreck, according to CMAC director-general Heng Ratana.
Cambodia is planning to create a natural and historical heritage site at the birthplace of the country – in the 1st century – in two communes of Prey Veng province’s Ba Phnom district, according to the Ministry of Environment.
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has instructed municipal, provincial and district administrations and police chiefs to conduct geographical updates on areas where illegal drugs are not accessible and make plans to designate them “white villages” and “white communes”, a term which means they are drug-free.
On March 16-17, a specialised team from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) found and retrieved nearly 200 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a sunken warship in the Mekong River in Prey Veng province’s Peam Chor district.
Officials have requested modern technological equipment to enable them to continue their work of collecting unexploded ordnance (UXO) in sunken warships in the Mekong River in four areas of Kandal and Preveng provinces.