Australia will allocate more than 30 million Australian dollars over the next four years to bring electricity to rural Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. (Photo: HENG CHIVOAN)Friday, 04 July 2008Written by Lyria Eastley The Phnom Penh PostAustralian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says thousands of rural households in Cambodia will be connected to electricity under funding Australia will provide through the World Bank over the next four years.Smith announced the funding of more than 30 million Australian dollars on July 1 during a visit to Vietnam, one of three countries along with Cambodia and Laos to benefit from the rural electrification program."In Cambodia, where only six percent of rural households can access electricity, Australia will provide $12.3 million to help extend electricity supply to an additional 13,000 households...
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