On September 17, 2025, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Chinese Ambassador Wang Wenbin signed the 2025 Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Special Fund project agreements at the Foreign Ministry in Phnom Penh.
The report notes that China had previously supported dozens of Cambodian projects through the fund, providing millions of dollars for cooperation across sectors and benefiting local people.
Wang Wenbin said earlier projects covered poverty reduction, demining, education, tropical-disease prevention and post-disaster housing repairs, benefiting hundreds of thousands of people in 10 Cambodian provinces.
Eleven new projects in 2025 have a total value of approximately US$2.5 million.
They cover education and technical and vocational training, cultural-heritage protection, responses to misinformation, women, tourism, agriculture and awareness of Lancang–Mekong cooperation.
The special fund helps deepen regional integration, advance sustainable development and shared prosperity, and strengthen Cambodian–Chinese friendship and practical cooperation.
The report refers to the tenth Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in August under the theme “Golden Decade: Staying Committed to Solidarity and Forging Ahead for a Better Lancang–Mekong Community”, with efforts looking towards the cooperation mechanism’s tenth anniversary.
Source: Club of Cambodian Journalists; by ចិន្តា ទីទិ
