Bangladesh has signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, two weeks after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding. The purchasing agreement was made on Monday after the officials from state-owned Green Trade Company and the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) flew to Bangladesh last week to negotiate in detail […]
Read MoreThe government announced yesterday that it would “intervene” to support the price that farmers receive for their paddy rice, though without instituting a price floor or direct subsidies that would jeopardise a free market. Vongsey Vissoth, secretary of state at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), told representatives of the private sector and agricultural cooperatives that the government […]
Read MoreThe second Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture Ministers Meeting will be held in Siem Reap province early next month, with agro-food products, exploring new markets for agricultural products and solving issues in the sector expected to be high on the agenda. The meeting of agriculture ministers will be held from September 6 to 8 in Siem […]
Read MoreCanada on Tuesday urged the Cambodian government to continue its reforms to facilitate trade and investment, particularly in the garment sector. Donica Pottie, the Canadian ambassador to Cambodia, made the call when she paid a courtesy visit to Commerce Secretary of State Ok Boung at the Ministry of Commerce. Ms Pottie commended Cambodia for its […]
Read MoreA local firm is to partner with a Thai manufacturer to bring the latest self-service vending machines to Cambodia as part of a franchise deal. Khmer Klean will work with Thai firm Pudcha to introduce the convenience machines across Phnom Penh initially and later throughout the country, the Khmer Times reported on Monday. Rozet El, board director […]
Read MoreHoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), which last month became the first company to officially export bananas from Cambodia, has secured more orders for the fruit and will ship another 100 tonnes of bananas from its plantations in Ratanakkiri province today, a company representative said. The order will be transported overland to port facilities in Vietnam […]
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