Cambodia-Vietnam ties strained by new China-backed canal
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For decades, Sok Kouen has been living in a small shack by the Mekong River in southeastern Cambodia, collecting plastic containers and selling sugar cane juice to support her family. But her home could soon become part of Cambodia’s mega Funan Techo Canal project. The China-funded waterway will run from the Mekong near the capital Phnom Penh directly to the sea, with the project aimed at boosting the country’s economy.
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:v can't depend on vietnam ports forever. Cambodia can't stay poor just to make vietnam happy forever
That canal is too small for Cambodia to trade with the world on its own. Most big ships will still go though Mekong river even if the canal is completed.
@@ThanhHa-uk9hi It's more about econo-political influence, or the reduction of it. If there's an acknowledgement that the canal is rather small, then Vietnamese, at least intellectually to selves, should not voice too much concern about impacts on Mekong water.
@@ThanhHa-uk9hi NS， that canal has way bigger capacity than mekong river, most importantly it is for the first time cambodia has control over its trade through the sea coast, not by any foreigners like vietnam
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2 way traffic , 5.4 meter depth , 100mter width not big enough?. For feeder shipping?
@@ThanhHa-uk9hi100 meters is not wide enough?? Ocean going Panamax class vessels only have a beam of 32 meters. Some cargo will still use Mekong via Vietnam, and this canal will serve as an alternative .
It is time for Cambodia to develop and be sustainable on its own.
We all live on planet earth the only way to attain sustainability is together.
Vietnam used their sea road to get unfair paid from Cambodia so this canal has to done to improve Cambodia economy
@@myintmaunmaun It is nothing unfair about Vietnam. Vietnam is doing great for their country. It is just that Cambodia needs to be logistic and trade independent.
@@coreana.aesthetics vietnam being fair with Cambodia??? better check your facts. or I suppose you are either vietnamese yourself or just like to believe anti-china propaganda 💀
@@coreana.aestheticswell we get black mail for like 2 time
why does everything cost so much in cambodia compared to its neighbours? because of logistics costs. by building this canal cambodia will be able to lower costs for imports and domestic consumers. it will also be able to lower the price to export its local goods making cambodia more competitive. it is essential for the cambodian economy to be competitive
:)))) don't blame the neighboring countries that helped you! If you have a hostile attitude towards the people who helped you, do you think they will help you again in the future? Cambodians always blame! Don't speculate! Ask Thai people, they will answer you!
@@tvk9030 you accuse china of making cambodia a colony but it sounds like vietnam wants us to be their colony. you want to move millions of your excess population to cambodia and also dictate to us what to do. china does not tell cambodia what to do, they give us advice and help us build our infrastructure. you see the difference in the relationship?
How dare Cambodia try to break free of Vietnam chokehold on them, and why isn't there any mention that Vietnam itself is trying to build a similar canal more upstream in the Mekong and its in discussion with Laos. Wonder will the western back aka CIA backed NGOs and western shameless media will be as concern since that canal will not have Chinese investments.
Because Vietnam is down the Mekong, they can only be in a passive position
Cope harder dude. SCMP is owned by Jack Ma who is a Chinese, CCP member so you can’t associate western media with this story.
As usual, south China morning post presented a negative impression about progress of a nation.
SCMP has to cater to the "Western interests" to show HK is "neutral". I think PRC permits the strategy.
Cambodia us doing something for their benefit. Any other nation will do the same. SCMP is so biased in their pount of view.
what u expect from a pro west news media
SCMP was formerly a British paper. It pretends to be Chinese but is very anti-Chinese.
SCMP is controlled by the West.
SCMP has to cater to the "Western interests" to show HK is "neutral". I think PRC permits the strategy.
LOL it is fun that they bring that lady for the "Emotional manipulation" part of the story or whatever.... It added little to almost nothing to promote the story
I honestly wish they wouldn't play sad music or whatever. It's one thing, of course, to interview someone who's being affected, but adding your own music is too much.
Psychology should not be used as a weapon, it will have consequences.
Cambodia also has the right to development
SCMP likes to instigate. Supported HK protesters from beginning but quickly chicken out.
It now benefits from the US$1.6 billion. “Countering the PRC Malign Influence Fund”.
SCMP was formerly a British paper. It pretends to be Chinese but is very anti-Chinese.
@@myintmaunmaun It has always been a rag.
As a Vietnamese, I will say most of the criticism of the canal in Vietnam was done by nationalist, and pro-Western elements. They relied heavy on the fact that the canal was funded by China to create fear, and hatred towards Cambodia and to an extent China. The Vietnamese government has not endorsed this view, tho they don’t discourage the spread of its either.
To keep you an idea how much of a difference there is between Vietnam and Cambodia:
In 2022 Vietnam exported $399 billion and imported $358 billion while Cambodia exported only $35.9 and imported $45.2 billion. (source: OEC)
I think this new river would be a great boon for Cambodia and will likely greatly increase its own capacity to grow food and produce other goods.
From that $35.9 billion export $19.8 billion is exported through US/European clothing makers, especially very cheap ones. They actively benefit and profit from keeping Cambodia a low wage country.
Can you predict Annam's and Cambodia's export amounts after the canal completed 2028?
The problem is not that Vietnam does not want Cambodia to build a port, but that Cambodia builds a port to separate the Mekong River and depends on China to build a strategic military port in the West of Vietnam. Vietnam knows that in the long run, the Cambodians will really lose everything to China, but they do not listen to advice.
there are more vietnamese living in cambodia than chinese. millions of vietnamese. you claim to care about us but millions of your people live in our country. chinese only come to build infrastructure and most go home. vietnamese stay forever
Cambodia's Funan Techo Canal will become a strategic international waterway like Suez Canal or Panama Canal. Love from Phnom Penh. 🥰🥰
Why do you think so? Being from Phnom Penh you must know more but the river vessels that traverse the river are not that large or numerous and the low water levels in the Dry Season could also harm the river and even transportation. Downstream from the canal headwaters
So Cambodia will become a developed country. 🤣
Well that’s a bit of an overkill statement. Those two are strategically important waterway route to traverse continents. But yeah it will really ensure Phnom Penh actually has a strong supply chain rather than either depends on Vietnam’s goodwill or the far off port of Sihanoukville. The closest resemblance is the Grand Canal in… CHINA. You see where’s this going? 😉 😉
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the Mekong river delta in Vietnam used to be Cambodian territory but was annexed by Vietnam in the 1780s by taking advantage of the domestic unrest in Cambodia. Cambodia always has a strong national heartache for this part of history.
It was never annexed by Vietnam. The Mekong delta region was discovered and harvested for economic development and agriculture by an exile Chinese-born general Mac Cuu, who later requested that these territory be integrated into the territory of Dai Nam and protected by the Nguyen Lords in his allegiance to the Nguyen Lords. Additionally, In 1732, Cambodian general Prea Sot infiltrated the Cambodian’s slaughter of the Vietnamese living here. After that, the Nguyen Lords sent troops to fight, King Nak Tha (Satha II) of Cambodia was afraid of being invaded, so he sent a letter to General Nguyen Cuu Triem asking for the Longhor and Peam Meéar region to be merged into Dai Nam today's Vinh Long and a part of My Tho. In 1756, the king of Cambodia Ang Snguon, after being defeated by Lord Nguyen Phuc Co, offered the land today in Long An and Tien Giang to pray for peace. To be fair, Cambodians never own the Mekong Delta and Vietnam never annexed these regions. It was given to Vietnam as a form of tribute by the people living therể and the Khmer people themselves.
@@phamemily1453 The Cambodian Khmer Krom (the south Vietnam) was developed by the Chinese generals of Ming dynast century 16: Mo Jiu, Yang Yan Di, Huang Jin, Chen Shang Chuan, Zheng Qing, Chen An Ping and Xie Yang Ming. The Chinese generals had never offered Khmer Krom to the Kinh Annamese.
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@@kimduong2332 "The Chinese came to the Mekong Delta mainly
from the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Cantonese specializing in long-distance trade at sea, leading a Chinese immigrant group and his family to the land of Mang Kham, Ha Tien, in Kien Giang province). In 1679, a group of Chinese generals Tran Thuong Xuyen and Duong Ngan Dich from Guangdong with 3,000 men and over 50 ships came to Dang Trong to seek political asylum because they did not submit to the Manchu court
because they were the subjects of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Lord Nguyen let them into the southern land to reclaim and divided them into two groups, the group of Tran Thuong Xuyen and Tran An Binh came to settle in Tran Bien (presentday Bien Hoa). Duong Ngan Dich settled in My Tho (Tien Giang province)."
If you need any more proof specifically, let me know. The Ming generals not only "submit", they begged to integrated Đại Nam, they continued to be a headache and continuously took power in court away from the king himself, like Mạc Đĩnh Chi an corrupted chinese officials whom ruled the Nguyễn courts for decades above the king.
There is no such thing as "An Nam", Việt Nam is a political entity, not an ethono-state. There are 54 ethnic that made up Việt Nam, none more importance than others. One of them is the Hoa Chinese peoples whom founded the southern part of Vietnam, we dont claim the King peoples own and explored every piece of this country, those peoples decided for themselves that they were Vietnamese, so that were the borders decided on in the independence war against the French. The "real" border is hundreds of miles into half of Cambodia, we did not take it for it is not natural, the peoples there do not speak vietnamese nor consider themselves Vietnamese. Irredentism is a disease that killed millions of Cambodian, that slaughtered women and children, starve the innocents and commit the worse genocide in south east asia, dont fall for politicians tricks, nationalist distraction keep you poor and obedient, ask why the illegal casino, child prositute and drugs gangs exist and control your country, and whom does those places belong to.
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Scmp is so biased 😮
SCMP has to cater to the "Western interests" to show HK is "neutral". I think PRC permits the strategy.
Lets hope so...cause what theyre saying sounds seriously crucial
Congratulations Cambodia 🎉
Cambodia needs the canal to have access from the river to the sea. Just because China has the ability to help Cambodia build the canal, does that mean China is to blame?
Set your view right!
SCMP when poor countries tries to get out of poverty : YOU ARE COMMITTING A CRIME , YOU MUST STAY IN POVERTY
I think if it is US backed canal... the narrative will be different...😅
SCMP would be praising the construction.
Decade ago in Africa, Debt trap debt trap... from 80an Africa ppl from skinny dying hunger move out to have it own smart phone.
Debt trap is a stepping stone to economical development.
cambodians and foreigners alike constantly complain about the high costs of goods in cambodia compared to vietnam and thailand but when cambodians take action to try and lower our logistics costs and also reduce the costs of moving goods people start complaining. lower logistic costs also means more companies will be attracted to operate in cambodia creating jobs. our neighbours don't want us to develop that is obvious. they laugh and mock us for being poor when we don't develop and when we try to develop and improve our infrastructure they also criticize us. we can't please everyone and need to act in our own interests
Even though Cambodia and Vietnam has an awkward relationship due to the past and this project could potentially make impact on Vietnam agriculture and economy, Vietnam still calm and not overreact. Even though I'm sure Vietnam government actively negotiate with Cambodian side so that the impact will be minimal. Kudos for both country, ASEAN future will be prosperous if we keep peace and harmony. Just ignore the smearing from foreign entity pretending that they care.
Yeah, even some concerns raised, but mostly Vietnamese us understand that Cambodian friends need this canal. Not everyone acting like Ch**a that wants everything belongs to them.
@@lionboom113 What belonged to Cambodia must return to Cambodia.
@@kimduong2332 come and get it if u can
@@nambao966 i am coming to japan town saigon to get what i own. massages
@@kimduong2332 😂😂😂😂. Qua việt nam mà lấy về. Đừng nghĩ có trung quốc đỡ đầu mà Việt Nam sợ nhé.
I can only imagine the amount of unspoken pressure Vietnam has unethically threaten to put on Cambodia to get things in return because of the dependency on Vietnam ports.
Its a freakin canal, not a DAM blocking the river. whats the fuss ?.
Because a canal will divert a large amount of the water away from Vietnam, which is downstream, causing much less water and silt deposits that are necessary for sustaining rice crops.
@@necouhgr
Well, thats IF ya dredge a NEW DIRECT LINE and tap from the Mekong River. Which this project is obviously NOT.
Its linking 3 current older canal , a TRIBUTARY of the Mekong river , there will be dams with sluice gates (3 in fact ) .
An important fact, this article conveniently disregard. Btw im quite sure the Mekong River Commision has eyes on this project too.
@@necouhgrIt's a closed system canal. That means it does not divert water flow from the Mekong. It's NOT an irrigation canal.
I can understand the environmental concerns, but opposing the project because Cambodia will become less reliant on Vietnam is messed up. Do better, Vietnam.
mekong delta was part of cambodia until 19th century, the vietnam invaded it and took it away
This canal must be done , since Vietnam used their sea road to get unfair paid from Cambodia so this canal has to done to improve Cambodia economy
Cambodia won’t sacrifice its own development for anyone
An objective viewpoint hopefully no one can argue with: A few principles to start with...
1. Every country (more accurately, regime) is selfish and acts in its own best interests, subject to the constraints it faces at any given time
2. Countries form alliances of convenience based on mutual interests
Ok, here we go!
1. Has Vietnam previously taken portions of Cambodia's historical coastline over time, benefiting it, and to Cambodia's detriment? Yes.
2. Does every country have a right and yearning to develop itself? Yes. Thus, is it logical that Cambodia would want to build this canal? Yes.
3. Will it be bad for the environment? Probably.
4. Will it hurt the farmers in southern Vietnam (who are not themselves some scheming geopolitical strategists, like those who originally took some of Cambodia's coastline)? Probably.
5. Is it a long-term selfish move by China to help Cambodia build the canal because Cambodia is more easily controllable by China than Vietnam? Yes.
Analysis complete!
Vietnam said it fully supports the new canal of Cambodia as it will benefit Cambodia a lot. It just encourages Cambodia to share the data on Mekong delta impact so together prevent negative impacts
Please stop saying China-backed. It's Cambodian and it's our own will to do this. Please respect and be human!
Every project in the world creates winners and losers. Every technological innovation creates winners and losers. If absolutely no losers are allowed, we would be living like a caveman drawing pictures on the wall at night. Videos like this portraying only one side of the story is absolutely nonsense. Pls report both sides. There are many people benefitting from this infrastructure too. Why not interview some of them at least to have a balanced perspective.
The reason for Cambodia to construct it's own canal was to bypass Vietnam which control the gateway to the open sea. Nothing surprising as it was planned years ago.
My prayer is that the project results in an improvement in the lives of ALL Cambodian people. Wondering what if any may be detrimental environmental issues such as poisonous substances dumped into the canal - certainly hope the waterway is responsibly managed throughout its life span.
You can't blame them for wanting there own access point in a river that runs the whole country. Vietnam side is got to be busier than Thailand side? The other stuff with agriculture will work out we won't let it be bad
The notion that Vietnam still has influence over Cambodia and Lao is just delusional. These two countries are full fledged Chinese colonies.
colonies? yet there are millions more vietnamese living in cambodia than chinese.
@@cambodianpleasuresquad1753 thành phố Shianokvile giờ khác gì một thành phố của Trung Quốc, Phnompenh ngập tràn người Trung Quốc kéo theo giá cả đắt đỏ, sao không thấy Campuchia quan ngại?
@@HuyenThanh-gn1ws we are not worried because the chinese do not need to take over cambodia. our interests align. the chinese want their ally to develop and become stronger
@@cambodianpleasuresquad1753 Oh sweet summer child...
I come over here to find out the project progress, not to listen to your garbage.
Vietnam should build dams in impacted rice lands so they could make artificial floodings to enrich the soil like usual.
Khmer Krom (the south Vietnam) is most downstream in the Mekong river, after the canal completed not enough fresh water runs to Khmer Krom, what can the dams help with?
@@kimduong2332 Even the water flow decreasing there will be still water that flowing to Cambodia and just be wasted away to the sea after passing the whole Cambodia. Dam is to stop those water from being wasted to the sea as much as possible and keep them inside Cambodian land.
@@Eza_yuta The dams are built in Cambodian Khmer Krom (the south VN) not in Cambodia, the Mekong river water discharges into Thailand bay via the canal before entering Khmer Krom, no fresh water for the dams to reserve while the sea water flooding in all the rivers in Khmer Krom, the dams are for nothing but a waste.
@@kimduong2332 I don't think the canal will take all the water that naturally pass throught the Cambodia naturally. The canals that directed to Thailand bay only decreasing the amount of water that naturally go thought Cambodia.
@@Eza_yutaYou re right, Vietnam goverment re going to build several dams to keep fresh water for our own agriculture. However, loss of water from Cambodia canal in some way till affect negatively Mekong delta in Vietnam. Naturally, its the lower end of Mekong river to South china sea and it needs lots of water to be fertile, If not, the whole area will be sinking under water in the next decades to come due to climate change. This area is the main Vietnam agricultural export produce, our national food security considering that Vietnam constantly attacked by tropical typhoon like Yagi. Well, thats why this issue cause great concern from Vietnam side but yes, thats cambodia land and they can do whatever they want for their interest Although its till better to cooperate with its own neighbor for better understanding and mutual interest of both countries.
The title seems to guide the audience to believe that the tense relationship between Cambodia and Vietnam is being driven by China behind the scenes. Western media always treats the governments of developing countries as if they are fools.
Cambodia cannot live 0:03 forever under Vietnamese stranglehold. It's funny this video only highlights the prophesized negative aspects of this project. How about the prophesized positives when Cambodians have the choice of trade routes?
The funny part is that SCMP did not even say that the Vietnamese government fully support this Cambodian project .. which it did late last year. That means the Vietnamese government was fully briefed and consulted before the project started.
I don’t think digging the canal will help Cambodia much in the future. Especially after Vietnam finishes building the mega port.
Wait so let me get this straight Vietnam made many man made islands in the sea and it's ok but cambodia dig a canals is the problem?
Millions of "vietnamese" produce originated from cambodia and being exported at dirt cheap price due to lack of infrastructure. This canal is a threat to those millions of profit to current vietnamese stakeholders
Everyone is so focus on economic development but ignoring ecology damage the artificial canal make to the downstream in Vietnam. Without the sediment from Mekong River the southern part will sink below sea level faster. Plus there will be less fresh water for drinking as sea water seepping in the inland river and soil.
It's Cambodian territory, Why Does Cambodia need to care about the Vietnamese's criticism.
I support vietnam, but cambodia have every rights to do what its wish to its own land and waters
Why do you support Vietnam?
insecurity of other countries just like human
WHAT?? This is the first time I heard about this canal.
South China morning post tried talking in English News. Why ? It’s just correcting Chinese make wrong before to others countries , such as Khmer Rouge regime was strongly supported China.
If the world raise the living standard for people in these region, these people in these region don’t have to make a canal to make a living.
How many cannal did Vietnam have
And they lock system water way
U are south china morning news actike one or else
Can't you see ASEAN!! We have been played by china.
By helping Cambodia independent from Vietnam?
How have you been played fast and loose with by China? I am all ears!
@@UgLyMaLaySian nope, its you thats been played by ya former COLONIALIST. Wake up...
This is what happen when you play both sides between US and China
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With Chinese technology and future technologies, Vietnam could seek assistance/cooperation with China's agricultural tech
If China can strain 2 countries relations from a distance, it's a clear sign of massive influence in the area. What happened to containing China😂 epic fail from the losers in Washington
Most of us in ASEAN know "SOUTH Vietnam" is still exist in hidden & plain view....look at where the so called "Expat" center where in Vietnam & from where they are....???..😡...only NIHAO PRIVIET maybe Salam from ASEAN 🤘
The worst canal
Of course, spin it and always blame it on China.
Cambodia has its own interests
Vietnam used their sea road to get unfair paid from Cambodia so this canal has to done to improve Cambodia economy
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It all about nation interest. What worrisome is some Western nation came to escalate thing and make a mess of thing like they done at Africa and middle East.
Cambodia need the canal to improve so they not gonna back down but they can make thing go more amicably making sure some to address Vietnam worry but that will depend of how Vietnam stance and willingness to engage too.
After there no reason for clash both can reduce animosity to minimum.
It’s looks like small irrigation canal even small fishing boats are hardly to sail in and out😁
Yup, much ado about nothing.
And that sad music was so unnecessary. I was like, "what's so sad about this project?"
The money is most important 😅
Silly, scmp. Hoi An is in central Vietnam and has no river connect to Cambodia
it is not going to work
Cambodia's 🇰🇭 China-funded Funan Techo Canal project is part of the Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region.
So?
When China tries to strengthen relationships with its *neighbors* by helping to develop their infrastructure through negotiations it’s called “expansionism”, but when the us located on the other side of the earth ravages and establishes its hegemony, disallowing self determination or development to the local population in the region, it’s democracy and freedom. Got it.
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It will makes cambodia government to relies on china which may allow china to take over the country if debt cannot be paid.
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"And so this might signal the moving away from Vietnamese influence efforts made by the new Cambodian government." China always had more influence on Cambodia than Vietnam anyways?
The future generations would pay
That’s not how that works… developing infrastructure is an economic multiplier… future generations *benefit*
The canal is priceless to Cambodia.
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My condolences to the millions of Cambodian 🇰🇭 who have suffered from the construction of the China-funded canal 🇨🇳 resulting in environmental impacts of the canal, especially on the flow of the Mekong River, which feeds millions of people across six countries through its fish and the agriculture that it sustains.
Cambodia is finally free of vietnam's mekong chokehold
Condolences? Cambodia is doing something to benefit themselves like any other nation.
My condolences to your mom that it takes so much agony to give birth to and bring up sth like u.
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Vietnam used their sea road to get unfair paid from Cambodia so this canal has to done to improve Cambodia economy
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Even with the completion of the China-Laos highspeed rail, Laos currency has fallen 300% with hidden implications. Will Cambodia and Vietnam follows its footsteps cooperating with China's self interests?
How does something fall more than 100%? Glitchy low quality IN or PH bots.
The Vietnamese have lost control of Cambodia and Laos, so of course they are furious
thats tough #teamwhitebaby