World Bank, Rural Development Ministry Join Hands Building 250km of Roads in Six Provinces

• 24 November 2021
• Local News
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The Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Economy and Finance have cooperated with the World Bank in building over 250 km of DBST and concrete roads along with other related infrastructure structures in six major provinces.

According to a meeting between the Cambodian government and the World Bank representative on Tuesday 23 November, the project period is between 2021 and 2023. Meanwhile, the budget is mainly sourced from a financial loan from the World Bank together with some government spending.

Minister of Rural Development HE Ouk Rabun said that the six target provinces include Steung Treng, Kampong Cham, Tbong Khmum, Kratie, Siem Reap and Kandal.

Since 1998, Cambodia has built over 15,000km of paved roads and 20 major bridges across the Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Tonle Bassac rivers. (Read more)

Besides these projects, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen recently announced that Cambodia plans to spend over US$2.3 billion of the national budget to develop infrastructure nationwide and at least US$100 million will be used to build hundreds of bridges across small rivers and water streams. (Read more)

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