Cambodia Completes 98.87% of CLV Border Road Plan
Cambodia Completes 98.87% of CLV Border Road Plan
PHNOM PENH, August 19, 2026 — Construction of Cambodia’s border-ring road network in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle has reached 98.87% completion, with work covering a total planned length of 264.40 kilometres, according to a government progress report released on August 18.
The project, which began in December 2024, has been implemented over the past 20 months using the Border Infrastructure Construction Fund, with the latest figures recorded as of August 13, 2026.
Progress in Mondulkiri province has reached 100%, while construction in Ratanakkiri province stands at 97.63%.
Authorities deployed eight engineering units to carry out the road construction, supported by 286 vehicles, construction machines and other equipment. Five units and 200 machines were deployed in Mondulkiri, while three units and 86 machines were assigned to Ratanakkiri.
The project has also involved extensive mine and unexploded ordnance clearance. Clearance teams have completed operations across approximately 6.61 million square metres, recovering 106 items of various types of ordnance and about 1,006 kilogrammes of metal, including 43 cluster munitions.
Infrastructure work completed under the project includes 54 box culverts with a combined length of 464.70 metres, 484 concrete pipe culverts, and 14 water-retention concrete structures covering a total of 305.40 metres.
The project has also completed two concrete bridges with a combined length of 54 metres.
In addition, authorities have installed six fund signposts out of a planned eight and planted 5,166 sugar palm trees, described in the report as a national symbol.
With overall construction now at nearly 99%, the project is entering its final stage, strengthening road connectivity and infrastructure along Cambodia’s border areas in Mondulkiri and Ratanakkiri.
