Cambodia is a coastal country, but due to the inconvenient transportation between the industrial zone and the port, it is necessary to transship goods through the Mekong River basin of Viet Nam, which greatly limits the development of Cambodia's economy. At present, the industrial products produced in Phnom Penh, Cambodia are all transported to Viet Nam's ports through the Mekong River, and then start subsequent transportation business, and the same industrial raw materials must also be transshipped through Viet Nam's ports, so that Cambodia has a large industrial profit is directly handed over to Viet Nam. Cambodia's terrain is very complex, with mountains along the coast, which greatly affects Cambodia's foreign trade, but now Cambodia has made up its mind to change the conditions, including the excavation of the Ducchong-Funan Grand Canal.
According to Cambodian media reports, Cambodia held a grand ceremony on August 5 to announce the official start of the Dechong-Funan Grand Canal project, and the Cambodian Prime Minister personally attended the groundbreaking ceremony, for Cambodia, the Dechong-Funan Grand Canal project is comparable to the Suez Canal in Egypt, because it can solve the problem of Cambodian industrial products going to sea, and can also directly obtain energy and other raw materials through the port, and strategically can get rid of shipping dependence on Viet Nam. Water transport is cheaper than road transport and has a stronger transport capacity, which is why Cambodia has to carry out the Ducchong-Funan Grand Canal project.
Viet Nam has shown great dissatisfaction with Cambodia's move to no longer be stuck, but Viet Nam has not publicly pointed out that Cambodia is getting rid of its dependence on Viet Nam, but blames Cambodia for so-called ecological problems. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam has publicly stated that Cambodia will comprehensively assess the impact on the ecological environment, because the excavation of the Ducchong-Funan Grand Canal will affect the Mekong River Basin. The Dechong-Funan Grand Canal is a flat excavation, and it is clear that if it is opened, it will take water through the Mekong River, so Viet Nam has put forward the environmental impact theory, in fact, Viet Nam is not worried about the diversion of water from the Mekong, but about the fact that Cambodia no longer relies on the Mekong River for shipping.
Viet Nam has long been obstructing the integration of transportation in the Indochina Peninsula, in fact, the Southeast Asian railway planning includes the route in Viet Nam, but Viet Nam has not actively cooperated for a long time, so far Viet Nam has not built a high-speed railway, which can see Viet Nam's mind, in fact, if the railway passes through Viet Nam, it can be directly connected to Thailand, and then from Malaysia, it will realize the usual land transportation link with Singapore. When Viet Nam obstructed the construction of the relevant railway, in fact, the rest of the lines were already being promoted, and the China-Laos railway was a clear signal, if Laos and Thailand were connected by rail, they could also eventually be connected to Singapore.
Viet Nam has a long-standing resistance to China's influence in the Indochina Peninsula, and Viet Nam is worried that its position is not guaranteed, so it is also quite dissatisfied with Cambodia's excavation of the Dechong-Funan Grand Canal, and the Viet Nam media openly criticized Cambodia as "ungrateful", thus exposing the collapse of Viet Nam's mentality. Today's Cambodia is no longer dependent on Viet Nam, but fully integrated with China economically, Viet Nam is not at ease with Cambodia, Viet Nam has been trying to influence and control Cambodia, so when China supports Cambodia to dig the Dechong-Funan Grand Canal, Viet Nam has some concerns.