U.S. provides $34.8 mln for Cambodian health, education

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday signed amendments to two agreements with Cambodia to provide 34.8 million U.S. dollars in 2009 to support Cambodian priorities in health and education.

Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Flynn Fuller, USAID (U.S. Agency fro International Development) Mission Director, signed on behalf of their respective governments with U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley as a witness.

The new funding brings to over 250 million U.S. dollars that the United States has provided in support of health and education in Cambodia since 1999, according to the press release from U.S. Embassy. Click to read more...