High-quality Vietnamese goods fair launched in Cambodia

Hanoi (VNA) - More than 150 export and high quality Vietnamese goods
businesses are showcasing their products at a trade fair that opened in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sept. 18.

The five-day fair features 300 stalls displaying farm and pharmaceutical
products, foodstuff, construction materials, chemicals, electrical equipment
and stationery, all manufactured in Viet Nam.

Speaking at the opening of the "High-quality Vietnamese goods 2008" fair,
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, Hor Namhong said that the organisation of the
annual Vietnamese trade fair in Cambodia aims to further accelerate the
development of a mutually beneficial relationship between Cambodia and
Vietnam in a range of different domains.

During the first eight months of 2008, the overall trade revenue between
Vietnam and Cambodia was approximately 1.2 billion USD, compared with
1.1 billion USD in 2007. It is expected to reach 2 billion USD before 2010,
according to Deputy PM Hor Namhong.

The Cambodian Deputy PM took the opportunity to call upon Vietnamese
investors to boost their investment activities in Cambodia in order to
turn Cambodia into a bridge to export Vietnamese goods to other regional
countries and the world.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu said that
trade activities between Vietnam and Cambodia have become more and
more prosperous as the two countries share more than 1,000km of borderline
and have seven border-gate economic zones and 43 border-gates and 23 border
markets. The two countries' regular trade, investment and tourism activities
have laid a foundation for the solid development of bilateral socio-economic
cooperation.

During the fair, business representatives from the two countries' will
attend a trade exchange programme held in Phnom Penh and Batambang
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