S. Korean company starts building schools for Cambodia

The Booyoung Co., Ltd from South Korea has started to build 300 school buildings in Cambodia, local media said Wednesday.

"This donation from South Korea is good and real humanitarian behavior which aims at developing the human resources in Cambodia, " Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An was quoted by the Koh Santepheab newspaper as saying.

Cambodia needs cooperation and donation from national and international community to achieve its education development goals, Sok An said at the opening ceremony of construction for four school buildings in Banteay Srey district in Siem Reap Province.

Sou Phearin, Siem Reap provincial governor, said that the Booyoung company will build 44 school buildings with 260 rooms in the province, according to the newspaper.

Source: Xinhua