Cambodia is expected to produce 3.2 million tonnes of surplus paddy in 2010, according to a government report released Monday, which would represent an additional 100,000 tonnes on last year.
At least 93 garment and shoe factories were closed in the first 11 months of 2009 at the cost of 38,190 jobs, figures released Monday by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training show.
Cambodia’s Chip Mong Group inked an agreement Sunday with Germany’s Ziemann Group to establish a US$60 million joint-venture brewery to produce a “world-class beer” in Cambodia.
The PetroVietnam Oil (PV Oil) Corporation will own 100 percent of Shell Laos as part of PV Oil’s strategy to develop its market to regional countries, including Cambodia and Laos.
Vietnam, the biggest investor in Laos last year, maintained its position there in the first 9 months of 2009, according to the latest statistics from the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung, who is visiting the Russian Federation, on Tuesday, December 15, had a meeting with the host leader, President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow.
During their talks in Madrid on December 15, Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero agreed to strengthen the two countries’ cooperation at international forums and organizations, including the United Nations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), to cope with global challenges such as climate change, energy and food security.
The PM has just agreed that the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) Meeting for Vietnam 2010 will be organized in Phu Quoc Island of the southern province of Kien Giang.