Phnom Penh: The government, utilizing border infrastructure crowdfunding, has reached nearly 40 percent completion of the planned ring roads along the Cambodia-Vietnam border.

According to Agence Kampuchea Presse, the progress was detailed in a news release by the Border Infrastructure Fund Management Taskforce, highlighting the ongoing construction efforts. Since the project’s inception in December 2024, eight civil engineering units have been deployed, accompanied by 286 vehicles, machinery, and engines dedicated to the road construction in the border provinces of Mondulkiri and Rattanakiri.

The engineering teams have successfully cleared and paved approximately 110 kilometers of initial 5-meter-wide roads and around 103 kilometers of 20-meter-wide roads. Furthermore, about 44 percent, equating to 2,752,500 square meters of the total 6,250,000 square meters of construction areas, have been cleared of landmines and explosive remnants. The demining efforts are anticipated to conclude in the second half of 2025.

Infrastructure developments also include the installation of over 120 sewage and drainage systems and the construction of approximately 100 kilometers of ditches along the roads.

The initiative, led by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, commenced in August with a public campaign to raise funds for border infrastructure. The campaign successfully garnered around US$27 million. The government aims to construct a 250-kilometer border ring road in the provinces of Mondulkiri and Rattanakiri, with consistent updates on progress to maintain transparency and accountability.