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Chinese Ambassador Highlights Friendship Road, Cashew Expertise as Ties Deepen
PHNOM PENH — October 20, 2026: China's Ambassador to Cambodia, H.E. Wang Wenbin, has spotlighted two Chinese-supported projects in Takeo and Kampong Thom provinces, presenting them as practical examples of cooperation between the two countries.
In a post on his official Facebook page, the ambassador said a narrow dirt track in Phum Ta Yeung, Bourei Cholsar District, Takeo Province — an area hit by flooding every year — was widened by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) into a two-kilometre paved access road during work on the Funan Techo Integrated Water Resources Management Project. He described the route, originally built for construction, as having become "a road of friendship" that now serves villagers' daily travel and the transport of agricultural produce, particularly in the rainy season.
In a separate post, the ambassador said a cashew research team from the Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences worked directly with farmers in Kampong Thom Province to rehabilitate ageing cashew orchards. According to the post, the restored orchards show improved tree vigour and recovered yields, drawing praise from H.E. Chay Chim, Director of the Department of Agro-Industry at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The technology is expected to help recover productivity across roughly 300,000 hectares of ageing cashew orchards in Cambodia and discourage farmers from felling or abandoning them.
The two posts do not specify a timeline for either project, and no independent confirmation of the outcomes described was immediately available.
Source: Wang Wenbin, Chinese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia (Facebook)
Reported by The Khmer Today
