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China asked to train infrastructure engineers

Lay Samean | Publication date 24 June 2021 | 21:10 ICT Share  

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A view of the construction of Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway on June 21. Public Works Ministry

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has reached out to its Chinese counterpart for
assistance in training local engineers on construction of roads, bridges and other infrastructure as
the nation is developing at a fast pace but has a shortage of human resources in this sector.

The request was made during a virtual bilateral meeting between minister Sun Chanthol and
Chinese Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng on June 22.

The talks came before the second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference scheduled for
October 14-16 this year in Beijing. They also discussed building capacities of engineers.

“We ask for support and assistance in the form of many skills from our friend China. In particular,
allowing professors and technicians under the China-Cambodia MoU [memorandum of
understanding] on cooperation to help teach Cambodian engineers to build roads, bridges and
many other infrastructure projects,” Chanthol said.

Most universities in Cambodia were not focused on this skill, he added.

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“We can cooperate with an institute or university in China and enter a MoU to send Chinese
teachers to Cambodia or dispatch Cambodian students or teachers there to learn from them. It is
our request for assistance with training,” he said.

Sorya noted that Cambodia’s Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport plays a part in
training people to build roads and bridges in Cambodia with currently 191 students enrolled. But
the institute is still in its infancy, having been established this year.

Um Vutty, founder and honorary president of the Cambodian students’ association in China,
suggested that the government incorporate Cambodian university graduates in engineering into
the state framework so that they can contribute to national development.

“The government or interested ministries should offer them an opportunity to work on state
projects in a special framework because they have engineering skills.

“I call on the government to encourage them to use their knowledge for development through
ministries and institutions because they are good at language and techniques,” he said.

According to Vutty, more than 2,000 students are studying courses provided by universities in
China, both online and in class. More than 500 students are in civil engineering and the rest are in
mechanics, mine engineering, oil, roads, bridges and railroads.

Contact author: Lay Samean

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