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GMS gets closer to a food safety strategy

A draft five-year strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agriculture products in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) that would enhance regional food safety and promote trade is expected to be finalised today, according to the Asian Development Bank. “The five-year Regional Strategy and Action Plan (2018-2022) for Promoting Safe and Environmentally-Friendly Agro-based Value Chains focuses on […]

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Cambodia, Myanmar cooperation

Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to further enhance trade between the two countries by encouraging investment from small and medium enterprises and exchanging agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. “Trade between Cambodia and Myanmar can be strengthened through investments by SMEs,” stated a ministry press release on Wednesday at the conclusion of […]

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Cambodia: Exports increase in first quarter

Exports increased by about 12 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same time last year, thanks to the improved economic performance in countries which make up the markets, especially the United States and the European Union. Commerce Ministry data shows exports reached $2.55 billion, compared with $2.28 billion last year. […]

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Thai-Cambodia trade forum delayed

The commerce ministers of Cambodia and Thailand yesterday agreed to delay a planned 2017 forum on trade. The meeting between Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak and his Thai counterpart Apiradi Tantraporn was held to discuss preparations for the Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam-Thailand (CLMVT Forum) 2017. But the two ministers agreed to push the forum to early 2018, while also […]

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Cambodia growing fast, says World Bank

The World Bank says Cambodia along with Laos and Myanmar are the fastest growing economies in East Asia. Ellen Goldstein, the newly appointed World Bank director for Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, said the bank was keeping up its support for the growth of the countries. She committed the bank to enhanced collaboration with the governments […]

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