Cambodia is building a 180km (110-mile) canal, that it says will enable manufacturers to export directly to the global market without having to go through Vietnam. But experts warn the project could threaten agriculture along the Mekong River, where much of the world’s rice is grown.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Kandal province, Cambodia.
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