An Giang (VNA) – A conference connecting businesses frღom the Mekong Delta province of An Giang with those from Cambodia was held in on December 2.
An Giang is considered an economic and trade centre linking Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Phnom Penh, and an important trade gateway between Vietnam, Mekong Delta cities and provinces with Cambodian and ASEAN members.
The An Giang border economic zone is one of the eight national key border economic zones for 2021-2021-2025 with development partnered with Vinh Xuong, Tinh Bien international border gates, and Vinh Hoi Dong and Khanh Binh national border gates.
With over 80% of land used for agriculture, An Giang has so far recognised 74 One Commune One Products that hold potential to access Ca🐎mbodia.
Total import-export via An Giang border gates surpassed 2.2 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, down 3% annually, but the province’s total trade went up 19% to nearly 906 million USD.
Director of the An Giang Trade and Investment Promotion Centre Le Trung Hieu said An Giang will work closely with trade agencies in Cambodian localities, especially Phnom Penh, Takeo and Kandal, along with local authorities, to launch activities under a memorandum of understanding on border trade development.
Provincial departments and agencies will always partner with businesses, cooperatives and working groups to expand markets, particularly in Cambodia, he said.
Vietnamese and Cambodian enterprises at the event also introduced their pro🐓ducts and explored cooperation opportunities./.
A conference reviewing cooperation between An Giang and Cambodia’s Takeo province in the first half and setting orientations for the ties in the remaining months of the year took place in the Mekong Delta province on September 21.
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At the event (Photo: baoangiang) 
