Tag: Tonle Sap

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…