China-aided mine clearance project benefits Cambodian people: Cambodian official

STORY: China-aided mine clearance project benefits Cambodian people: Cambodian official SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LY THUCH, Senior minister and first vice-president of Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) 2. various of MoU signing on continued cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia STORYLINE: A China-aided mine clearance project has cleared over 100 square km of land contaminated with mines and explosive remnants of war (eras) in Cambodia, benefiting some 1.5 million people, a senior government official said here on Thursday. Ly Thuch, senior minister and first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), said the China-Aided Cambodia Landmines Elimination Project, which has been carried out in three phases from 2018 and 2025, has helped find and destroy about 78,000 pieces of landmines and unexploded ordinances.