Tag: Tonle Sap

Two sellers meet on the former site of Chhnok Trou village on the Tonle Sap, where villagers were evicted in 2018. Many have returned to the area to maintain their livelihoods.

Despite Massacres and Evictions, an Ethnic Vietnamese Community Endures

31 Oct 2023 5:14 PM|
Jack Brook|

Beneath the waters of the Tonle Sap lies a little girl. Her name was Dang Thy, and even as she was bleeding to death from…

Paddy fields in Kandal province on April 10, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

ADB Warns Cambodia’s Growth Will Be Stunted by Climate Change

12 Apr 2023 3:19 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Cambodia’s long term economic growth faces significant threats from climate change and could dampen prospects for becoming an upper-middle income country in the coming years,…

A man collects fish at the Tonle Sap river bank in Phnom Penh, September 9, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Fishers Struggle With Declining Fish Catch, Citing Irregular Water Levels

22 Sep 2022 11:38 AM|
Try Thaney|

Fishers, NGOs, and the government say individual fish catch on the Tonle Sap is low again this year. But while a government official said that…

By late September, the majority of families in Russei Keo district’s Phsar Toch village agreed to relocate to the outskirts of Phnom Penh, following months of pressure from authorities seeking to develop the village’s prime waterfront real estate, seen here on July 20, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Forced evictions begin for Tonle Sap residents

20 Jul 2022 2:17 PM|
Ngay Nai|

Russei Keo district authorities on Monday began dismantling makeshift and semi-permanent homes along the Tonle Sap river to make way for a city-improvement project, sparking…

Cham fishermen stay on a boat on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh. Picture taken June 2, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

As rampant filling of waterways continues, government promotes effective water management

5 May 2022 4:48 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Speaking at the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Japan, Prime Minister Hun Sen said water should be regarded as “white gold” for inclusive social and…

Solid waste collected on the Bassac River on March 21, 2022. Photo supplied

Waste-intercepting boat to clean up Phnom Penh’s rivers

31 Mar 2022 4:51 PM|
Try Thaney|

The Ministry of Tourism and other relevant ministries, in cooperation with the Everwave company and the River Ocean Cleanup organization, has launched a mission to…

Floating homes of ethnic Vietnamese fish farmers who were evicted from Phnom Penh and relocated along the Tonle Sap between the border of Kandal province and Phnom Penh. Photo taken on March 14, 2022. CamboJA /Va Sopheanut

Floating Vietnamese communities evicted from Phnom Penh struggle to make ends meet

31 Mar 2022 10:22 AM|
Va Sopheanut|

“It's very difficult to find fish, really hard,” she said. “Now I don’t know what to do. [After three years] when it is time to…

Fishers in Kandal province sort through and clean “riel”fish, which will be used to produce “prahok,” a popular Cambodian fermented fish paste. Panha Chhorpoan

High costs and low fish catch imperil ‘prahok’ production

23 Dec 2020 4:59 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

The shores of the Tonle Sap River in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district are teeming with fisher people, and licensed sales agents, selling the daily…