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  About Stung Treng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng province is located in Northeast Cambodia, on the top of the Mekong River at the Laos border.
With a population of 90,000, Stung Treng is isolated, remote and with much poverty.
Despite the poverty in Stung Treng, the province is a beautiful natural wonderland, untouched by many modern developments and hence retaining its scenic beauty.
mekongblue.com /stung_treng_main.htm   (221 words)

  
 Khemara Student Corner: Stung Treng Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng is a real outpost town on the banks of the San River just off the Mekong.
Stung Treng, a province located in the Northeastern of Cambodia, covered approximately 11,092 km2 or 6.13% of Cambodia.
According to 2001 provincial government data 2001, the population of Stung Treng is 86,539 people or 0.65% with the growth rate of 2.4% of the total population, in which, 42,837 people is male and 43,702 people is female.
www.khemaracorner.com /stungtreng.htm   (397 words)

  
 Just Deserts for Cambodia? - PROVINCIAL SURVEY/MILITARY REGION 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Some villagers in Stung Treng have to travel many kilometres from their villages looking for wood for schools and houses, but even then the wood is not durable and lasts for only about five years.
Stung Treng and the neighbouring province of Kratie provide clear examples of how concessions are being used as a cover to log illegally throughout Cambodia.
In Stung Treng an estimated 45 per cent of all logging is illegal.
www.globalwitness.org /campaigns/forests/cambodia/deserts/militar1.htm   (3745 words)

  
 Our Mekong | Borders Open for Business, but Concerns Rise
In Stung Treng province, in the north-east of Cambodia, every village along this wild frontier appears as isolated from the cities and burgeoning development downstream as they were a century ago.
Stung Treng province is only 37 kilometres south of the Lao village of Voeun Kham.
The changes in Stung Treng are a small part of a greater wave of change and economic integration sweeping through the Mekong region, composed of China, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam.
www.ipsnews.net /mekong/stories/business.html   (1290 words)

  
 Khmer440.com Cambodia Travel Expat Life Bars and Nightlife: Cycle tour Rattanakiri to Stung Treng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The cooks normally work for Nikki and Rebecca in Stung Treng and their capacity for cooking in unusual places has certainly been developed as they have accompanied them for workshops and away days over the last 18 months but they had never had to cook for 23 hungry cyclists and 4 patient support staff before.
We knew we needed to be in Stung Treng by 11.30 am as the hospital staff had been asked to meet us along with representatives from local NGOS, so we planned to leave at 6am to make sure we could make it in time.
Twelve kilometres out of Stung Treng we stopped at a farm which is owned by the maintenance man at the hospital.
www.khmer440.com /cambodia/expat_life/cycle_tour_rattanakiri_to_stung_treng.html   (2662 words)

  
 The Cambodia Daily WEEKEND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cambodian and international experts agree that Stung Treng is a major drug trafficking artery: amphetamines for the country's domestic market, and heroin bound for regional and eventually international markets in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Not far from where the surrounding jungles meet Stung Treng's first paved streets, the bounty of better days is evident among the several supremely ostentatious villas scattered around the town's outer environs.
Stung Treng Police Chief Long Lim assumed responsibility for law and order in the province several months ago but knows that investigating the reported drug smuggling will take new tactics, equipment and lots of international assistance.
www.camnet.com.kh /cambodia.daily/selected_features/drug.htm   (4239 words)

  
 Cambodia Log » Blog Archive » Kompong Cham, Kratie, Stung Treng, Banlung (Rattanakiri)
Stung Treng is half way between Kratie and Banlung and the provincial capital of Stung Treng province.
I heard this is particularly true when compared to the road, which is the other option for traveling from Kratie to Stung Treng.
This is when we arrive in Stung Treng.
cambodia.mellenthin.de /index.php?name=entry00057   (1321 words)

  
 Cambodia - Laos border crossing - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng was very pleasant early in the morning and we ate delicious fresh waffles while watching women arriving from the other side of the river to sell their produce at a makeshift market.
From Stung Treng, it is no problem to ride a bicycle to Kratie these days.
I thought that this part of Mekong from border to Stung Treng was the nicest I have been on.
pub90.ezboard.com /fandybrouwerscambodiacommunityfrm1.showMessage?topicID=21.topic   (3540 words)

  
 Senegal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng Province is an isolated province of Cambodia subject to flooding and drought with a population of 80,217.
YWAM Stung Treng became operational in Cambodia in 1991 and a two-week health assessment of Stung Treng Province was carried out.
Stung Treng Christian Youth Center- Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual development of youth 12-24 years old through planned activities.
www.lerucher.org /community_development/cambodia.htm   (514 words)

  
 Stoeng Treng, Cambodia
Stung Treng is located in the upper Cambodian reaches of the Lower Mekong River.
By law, commercial fishing lots are not allowed to operate in Stung Treng Province.
Sandbars are common on stretches of the Mekong in Stung Treng.
www.mekongwetlands.org /Demonstration/Cambodia/description.htm   (572 words)

  
 About Stung Treng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Women in Stung Treng face a challenge to survive, as it is not easy for many women to obtain educations, leaving them with no way to obtain a regular source of business or income; hence many women face a subsistence living.
Children of these women often do not have good health or enough to eat and hence also face the challenges of living with poverty.
Come visit Stung Treng and see what a rustic visit has to offer.
www.mekongblue.com /stung_treng_main.htm   (221 words)

  
 >> Stung Treng Florists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
By using our Stung Treng Florists pages you will be avoiding the delays and charges associated with another national service provider.
Stung Treng Florists will also add an expression of thanks card free of charge which we will give you your confirmation of delivery without having to call back.
If you are a local retail florist in Stung Treng and would like to be a part of the Directory click here to join.
www.florist-directory.net /Cambodia/Stung-Treng/Florists.htm   (203 words)

  
 Rivers Watch East & SE Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Between 26 December 2001 and 7 January 2002, a community-based study of the downstream impacts of the Yali Falls Dam located in Viet Nam was conducted in 29 villages along the Se San, Sre Pok and lower Sekong Rivers in the Stung Treng province of Northeast Cambodia.
People living in Stung Treng town have also had their businesses disrupted and damaged by increased rainy season flooding.
The villagers from Stung Treng themselves say that they would like the dam to be decommissioned, and not a single villager interviewed for this study felt favorably about the presence of the dam.
www.rwesa.org /stungtreng.html   (1275 words)

  
 Hydropower Development in the Se San Watershed
Stung Treng Province lies west to Ratanakiri Province, downstream of the Se San River.
Two of these districts are affected by the Yali Falls Dam, namely Se San and Stung Treng.
Stung Treng District is adjacent to Se San District.
www.mekong.es.usyd.edu.au /case_studies/sesan/sesanwatershed/cambodiaprovinces.htm   (634 words)

  
 Rivers Watch East & SE Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The villagers had been attending a workshop held in Stung Treng Province on June 13-14 on the way the Yali Falls Dam, located on the Sesan River in Viet Nam, had impacted on Stung Treng Province.
The focus of the workshop was the presentation of a report detailing the negative impacts Yali Falls Dam had had on the livelihoods and health of villagers living along the Sesan River in Stung Treng.
H.E Pave Phom Panh, deputy Governor in Stung Treng province said he welcomes and supports the NGOs that help assisting people along the Sesan River, especially concerning the negative impacts from the Yali Falls Dam on the local livelihood.
www.rwesa.org /sesan_pr.html   (749 words)

  
 Stung Treng [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng information on Wikimirror.com - read below for information on Stung Treng.
Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia The Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer short form: Kampuchea) is a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people, most of whom are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer origin.
A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as Khmer or Cambodian....
www.wikimirror.com /Stung_Treng   (1017 words)

  
 Travel to Strung treng Preah Whear tours tour operator Cambodia - Information about Strung treng Preah Whear
Stung Treng is the capital of the province of the same name.
Stung Treng’s market is brimming with goods that come in by road, river, or plane, down from Laos, across from Vietnam, or up from Phnom Penh.
Is the cultural and historical site, located at Hang Kho Ba Village, Hang Kho Commune, Steung Treng District in Six-Kilometer distance from the provincial town by the road to the airport, then turning left across the river of Se Kong.
cambodia.threeland.com /Stung_treng-Preah_vihear.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Tales of Asia - Stung Treng
In Cambodia's northeast, Stung Treng offers little more than access to other places.
Clockwise from the north, Stung Treng is bordered by Laos, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Kratie, Kompong Thom, and Preah Vihear.
The other place Stung Treng offers access to is overland to Banlung.
www.talesofasia.com /cambodia-stungtreng-pg.htm   (261 words)

  
 Tales of Asia - Overland - Laos - Reports
In Stung Treng there are one or two traveller orientated cafes near the river.
The road from the border to the town over the river from Stung Treng is pretty bad, dry weather only, but NOTHING compares to the road from Stung Treng to Kratie further south.
The area around Stung Treng is full of beautiful and interesting areas of tourist potential, seen by the few more adventurous travellers and backpackers who are prepared to cross the border at this point.
www.talesofasia.com /cambodia-overland-laos-reports.htm   (1779 words)

  
 Cambodia Log » Blog Archive » Third Day Stung Treng - Sesan
Only shortly before we arrive in Stung Treng the rain is getting weaker and finally stops.
I am surprised to heat that you found a village in Stung Treng that had never had a white visitor since I lived and worked there for six years (1995-2001) and visited every village in the province several times at least.
I am glad you are taking an interest in the communities in stung Treng and are concerned about external influences on them, including governmental, but try to be careful that the information yo are getting is accurate.
cambodia.mellenthin.de /archives/2003/09/04/entry00084   (1542 words)

  
 Biking Southeast Asia with Mr Pumpy! Cambodia
Stung Trang is small and dusty, very Wild West and will probably be your well earned lunch stop.
The last 4 km kilometres in to Stung Treng is up and down and you will feel like you have returned to civilisation.
Stung Treng is a large regional town with plenty of Guest Houses and shops and an excellent Central Market selling good food.
www.mrpumpy.net /rides/8-cambodia/BSA-Cambodia-4.html   (3811 words)

  
 GT-Rider Board - Siem Reap to Stung Treng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
4th Day Stung Treng to Kratie via river track along the Mekong.(My map shows a path that hugs the river which,if passable,would be preferable to the broken up main route.
the route from stung treng to kratie I am told is pretty boring but doable.
If I overnight in Ta Seng/Bakan,I might head straight across to Stung Treng via route 213 and 216.Probably get some advice off the locals in Ta Seng.May call into ca2 on the way up.
board.gt-rider.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=537   (578 words)

  
 Background
The project is working in partnership with the Sesan Protection Network in Ratanakiri, CEPA in Stung Treng and Phnom Penh, Oxfam America, and international advocacy groups.
In Cambodia, it flows through the provinces of Ratanakiri and Stung Treng before flowing into the Mekong River at Stung Treng town.
Situated along the Sesan River are 60 villages in Ratanakiri and 30 in Stung Treng, including more than 8500 families from many different indigenous highlander groups, totalling approximately 55,000 people, affected by upstream dam construction in Vietnam.
www.ngoforum.org.kh /Environment/Mekong/background.htm   (474 words)

  
 other Lao crossings - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This road connects with a Stung Treng town-Siem Reap road just inside the Cambodia border, which apparently is still passable judging by the presence of a vehicle once in a while that can show up in Siem Pang.
After the opening of the last part of the “Trans Asia Highway” between Stung Treng and Voeung Kam, it was possible to simply drive in a taxi all the way from Stung Treng to Pakse.
He took a slow boat from Stung Treng to Siempang and then walked east to Voeunsay, where he used that old bus for a ride to Banlung.
pub90.ezboard.com /fandybrouwerscambodiacommunityfrm1.showMessage?topicID=708.topic   (3652 words)

  
 Archeonet 154 buried Buddha artifacts discovered in Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Cambodia's soldiers uncovered 154 miniature Buddhas coated with gold, silver and brass last weekin a plot in Stung Treng province, local media reported on Tuesday.
The artifacts were buried in a plot owned by a relative of one of the soldiers in Stung Treng district, which had been overgrown with forest, The Cambodia Daily reported.
Ten of them are plated with gold, 51 with silver and 93 with brass and vary in height from about 10 cm to the size of a human thumbprint.
www.archeonet.nl /engels.php?itemid=6667   (200 words)

  
 GT-Rider Board - Cambodia - Laos: Kratie - Stung Treng - Border
Cambodia - Laos: Kratie - Stung Treng - Border
from kratie to stung treng it took me about 7 hours for about 120 km.
from stung treng to the boarder it took me about 5 hours for a ferry crossing (scary narrow boat, 5 dollars) and about 55 km, this part is the most difficult.
board.gt-rider.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=535   (282 words)

  
 Airfare to Stung Treng | cheap Stung Treng airfares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Our aim is to offer consistently lower prices on Stung Treng airline tickets.
Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers the widest selection of Stung Treng low fares as well as deals on lodging, Stung Treng car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and other travel.
We have the largest collection of discount web-only Stung Treng airfares from dozens of airlines.
www.cheap-car-rentals-in.com /airfares/cheap-airfare-to-stung-treng-cambodia.htm   (336 words)

  
 Tourist Attractions - Stung Treng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stung Treng is a very small and quiet town stretching along the Seikhong River, S bank.
People are very friendly but there is nothing to do here except relaxing and enjoy the scenery of Mekong river.
Stung Treng > Vueng Kham (The border with Laos) No regular boat.
www.asia-planet.net /cambodia/stung-treng.htm   (340 words)

  
 Stung Treng cheap holidays and travel deals, flights and hotels to book online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Unknown Cambodia Tour. Cambodia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Banlung-Stung Treng (B, L, D) There is time for early morning shopping at the Banlung market, before a short trip to the volcanic lake of Yak Lom, in a superb location surrounded by pristine rainforest.
Swim or take a stroll around the lake before leaving to catch the plane to Stung Treng (or alternatively travel by road).
Stung Treng-Kratie (B, L, D) In the morning board the local boat to Kratie, four hours away.
www.asia-planet.com /cambodia/packagetours/unknown-cambodia14.htm   (1142 words)

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