Cambodian News

Commerce officials are working in the US to counter accusations that garments claiming to be made in Cambodia are actually produced in neighboring Vietnam.
Members of the opposition “told America that our shirts were not made in Cambodia, but were made in Vietnam,” Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh told VOA Khmer in an interview on a recent [...]

[Editor’s note: Last month, the International Finance Corporation invited Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh to its offices in Washington, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of preferential trade agreements between Cambodia and the US. On his visit, Cham Prasidh testified before the Trade Subcommittee for the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means. He also [...]

AN GIANG — Rice is still being illegally imported daily from Cambodia into the southwestern border province of An Giang.
Duong Su Market in Tinh Bien District’s An Nong commune is the largest granary of smuggled rice from Cambodia in An Giang Province.
Nguyen Anh Nghia, a farmer in the district, said that every day up to [...]

An official Chinese delegation arrived in Phnom Penh Monday for talks on bilateral relations and trade, an official said.
The delegation, led by Communist party member Zhang Gaoli, met with Prime Minister Hun Sen late Monday.
Ieng Sophalet, an adviser to Hun Sen, called the talks and exchange between “China and Cambodia, between party and party.”
Relations “should [...]

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) – Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to build a new industrial processing factory aimed at boosting the two countries’ agricultural exports, national media reported Wednesday.
The factory will promote cooperation between the two largely agricultural countries and raise quality standards on export goods such as beans, corn, palm [...]

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Cambodia will host a meeting of ministers of industry and commerce from around 49 of the world’s poorest countries described as “least developed” on Nov. 19-20 in Siem Reap province to discuss issues related to international trade, a press release said Thursday.
The conference aims to search [...]

The Preah Vihear dispute has so far only marginally reduced cross-border trade with Cambodia, but business is likely to deteriorate further in the long run, said Sommart Khunset, deputy secretary-general of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Until now, the appeal of Thai personal-care products in Cambodia meant bilateral trade worth 20 billion baht had not [...]

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) – Leading garment brands have once again confirmed the sourcing advantage of Cambodia, said a press release from the International Buyers’ Forum here Monday.
“Twenty-eight representatives from leading garment brands came to Cambodia last week for the two-day meeting of the International Buyers’ Forum organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) [...]

Under the plans, Vietnam will provide 550 scholarships for Cambodian students to study in Vietnam and build a vocational school in its neighbor’s Mondunkiri Province.
Cambodia, meanwhile, agrees to expedite the allocation of 100,000 hectares of land for Vietnam to plant rubber trees.
The two neighbors urged for closer collaboration between localities that host UNESCO’s World Heritage [...]

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission for Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation convened its 10th session in Da Nang City on Oct. 6 to discuss concrete measures to expand bilateral cooperation between the two nations.
The session was co-chaired by the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, head of the Vietnam [...]