Cambodia resolves Phnom Penh airport tensions with new rights grant

France's Vinci to operate capital's new Chinese-built international gateway

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The new Techo Takhmao International Airport, under construction outside Phnom Penh on March 12. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)

ANANTH BALIGA, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- The Cambodian government has quietly defused tensions with France's Vinci over the erosion of its aviation monopoly in Phnom Penh by granting the company rights to manage the city's new Chinese-built international airport, due to open next year.

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