Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said he was pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests. Critics on social media have focused on land concessions in border areas particularly with Vietnam,

Phnom Penh’s withdrawal from the CLV Triangle Development Area pact marks a potentially important shift in Cambodia-Vietnam relations.

Cambodian People’s Party chairman Hun Sen has announced the country’s withdrawal from the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), a trilateral arrangement that he himself initiated in 1999.

PM Hun Manet accused “extremists” of using the deal as “a political weapon” to attack his administration. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said he was pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighbouring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests.

Cambodia has withdrawn from a decades-old regional economic development deal with Vietnam and Laos, Prime Minister Hun Manet said, in a surprise concession to critics concerned about the kingdom losing territory to its neighbours.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said he was pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and La