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 [...]
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African rice buyers meet in HCM City
November 26th, 2008 
Cambodian News VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from 14 central and west African countries have established direct ties with rice exporters in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos through a three-day meeting that began yesterday in HCM City. The rice buyer-seller conference has been organised under the framework of a programme to promote trade between French-speaking countries in Africa [...]
Controversial Rice Aid Hailed a Success
November 18th, 2008 Cambodian News The Asian Development Bank and government announced success on Friday for emergency food assistance that was widely criticized by villagers as unfair. The ADB and government undertook a $40-million emergency food distribution between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, handing out nearly 120,000 tons to 68,000 poor families in 200 communes around the Tonle Sap lake [...]
Hundreds Protest Unfair Rice Distribution
November 4th, 2008 Cambodian News Hundreds of families from Banteay Meanchey and Pursat provinces protested Monday against unfair distribution of millions of dollars in emergency food aid. “It is hurtful when we are the real poor and we cannot get rice aid,†said Prak Chuop, a villager in Bantey Meanchey, who joined other protesters in front of provincial headquarters. Local [...]