Soldiers, Singaporean firm to plant 6 million trees
The Ministry of Defense plans to work with a Singaporean company to plant six million trees in Cambodia that will eventually be turned into high-end perfume, medicine, tea, incense and furniture, an official said Thursday. One Plantation Holdings signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last month with the Defense Ministry that would see current and retired soldiers taught how to farm agarwood, which produces a scented resin used for perfume, roots used in medicines and leaves popular as therapeutic teas. …
