Hun Sen said the first drop of oil was extracted on Monday by KrisEnergy, a Singapore-based oil, and gas company, from a well in offshore Block A in the Gulf of Thailand, west of the coastal Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk.
Thailand, Cambodia and southern Vietnam, all of which are downstream on the Mekong from Laos, have endured a two-year drought, imperiling the livelihoods of 70 million people living hand to mouth.
Kaavan was translocated to Cambodia after an international campaign, led by American pop star Cher, to remove Kaavan from his lonely existence at the Islamabad Zoo in Pakistan.
An Asian elephant dubbed 'world’s loneliest' encounters another of his species for the first time in eight years after having been flown to Cambodian wildlife sanctuary from years of abusive captivity in Pakistan zoo.
Kaavan is set to leave for a sanctuary in Cambodia on Sunday, said Martin Bauer of Four Paws International, a global animal welfare group that’s led the charge to save him since 2016.
The Mekong River Commission and China’s Water Resource Ministry signed an agreement last week to share hydrological data twice a day from two stations in Yunan province.
A 30-year civil war left the country among the most heavily mined nations on earth, with an estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other munitions littered across the landscape.
Government blames fast-rising waters on torrential rains, but some Cambodians see connection between the many capital-area lakes filled for development and Prek Thnot River flooding.
At least 18 people have died, 25,000 evacuated from their homes, and 210,000 affected by the flooding, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management.
The flooding has killed at least 12 people and affected more than 30,000 households across 17 provinces in Cambodia.
The US-Mekong Partnership signed in September will let Washington help Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ease droughts and COVID-19.
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