Tuesday, 16 November 2010

AKP - Agent Kampuchea Press


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Cambodian, Lao PMs Agree to Accelerate Planting of Border Posts


In their bilateral talk here this morning on the sidelines of the 6th CLV Summit, both premiers hailed the outcome of the work on border post planting which is now completed by 88 percent, Ieng Sophalet, assistant to the Cambodian premier, told reporters after the talk.

Hence, the premiers asked the border commissions of the two countries to continue their good cooperation and to complete their works as soon as possible, the assistant said.

“The two top-level leaders highly applauded the two Ministries of Public Works for managing to sign an agreement on air transport service,” said Mr. Ieng Sophalet, who went on to say that the Lao premier appreciated Cambodia’s socio-economic development despite the global financial crisis.

For his part, Samdech Techo Hun Sen highly valued the relationship between Cambodia and Laos, stressing that there are more potentials for both countries to work together to deepen their cooperation.

The Cambodian prime minister also encouraged trade exchange at provincial level of the two countries through organizing trade fairs and creating markets at the border areas in order to enhance trade cooperation on the one hand and prevent cross-border crimes, epidemic diseases, wild life trading, … on the other.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen thanked the Lao side for having provided medical treatment to Cambodian people living at the border areas with Laos. --AKP

(By OK Kimseng)

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Cambodian Premier Presides Over the Opening of the 6th CLV Summit

Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 AKP -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen presided over today the opening of the 6th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) summit on Development Triangle Area with the aim of further strengthening the cooperation among the three CLV countries.

Prime Minister of Laos H.E. Bouasone Bouphavanh and Prime Minister of Vietnam H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung participated in the summit.

In his opening remarks, the Cambodian premier said this 6th summit did not only promote the progress of the cooperation amongst Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, but also made a contribution to enhancing the development and the prosperity in the whole region.

“The summit will review the progress made since the last summit and adopt a newly revised Master Plan 2010-2020 in order to speed up our cooperation activities in our CLV Development Triangle Area,” he said.

He also expressed his satisfaction with the signing of the Amended Memorandum of Understanding towards the Formation of Special Preferential Policies for the CLV Development Triangle Area.

The Cambodian premier also asked the leaders of Laos and Vietnam to make a great effort as possibly as they could to accelerate the implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements of Development Triangle Area, mainly the cross-border transportation, the road map of ASEAN economy, bilateral trade, and agricultural cooperation.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen further proposed to select necessary priority projects from the cooperation fields such as infrastructure, trade and investment, social and cultural development, agro-industry, tourism and environment. He also proposed the Lao and Vietnamese leaders to create a CLV fund in order to raise fund to support the development of the Development Triangle Area.

In the meantime, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minster H.E. Bouasone Bouphavanh and Vietnamese Prime Minister H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung signed the Phnom Penh Declaration on the Deepening Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area, while the Amended Memorandum of Understanding towards the Formulation of Special Preferential Policies for the CLV Development Triangle Area was signed by H.E. Cham Prasidh, senior minister and minister of Commerce; H.E. Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune, minister of Planning and Investment of Laos; and H.E. Vo Hong Phuc, minister of Planning and Investment of Vietnam.

The CLV Development Triangle Area is located in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam border area, geographically covers the territory of 13 provinces, bordering with or are related to the common border area of the three countries, namely Mondulkiri, Rattanakiri, Stung Treng and Kratie (Cambodia); Attapeu, Saravan, Se Kong and Champasak (Laos); and Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Binh Phuoc (Vietnam). Its area covers 144.3 thousand square kilometers with a total population in 2008 of 6.5 million people, representing 19.3 percent and 6.1 percent of total area and population of the whole three countries, respectively. --AKP

(By THOU Peou)

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6th CLV Summit Officially Opened

Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 AKP -- The 6th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Summit was officially opened here this morning at the Peace Palace under the chairmanship of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung were also at the event.

The CLV Summit is the meeting between the leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam with an aim to strengthen the cooperation among the three neighboring countries and the Development Triangle Area.

CLV Development Triangle Area, established in November 2004 in Vientiane, Laos, is located in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam border area, geographically covers the territory of 13 provinces, bordering with or are related to the common border area of the three countries, namely Mondulkiri, Rattanakiri, Stung Treng and Kratie (Cambodia); Attapeu, Saravan, Se Kong and Champasak (Laos); and Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Binh Phuoc (Vietnam). Its area covers 144.3 thousand square kilometers with a total population in 2008 of 6.5 million people, representing 19.3 percent and 6.1 percent of total area and population of the whole three countries, respectively. --AKP

(By SOKMOM Nimul)

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ACMECS Business Forum on Economic Cooperation

Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 AKP -- Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) forum was held at Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh today morning with the participation of roughly 350 businesspersons from ACMECS countries.

The forum was co-chaired by Oknha Kith Meng, chairman of Cambodia ACMECS joint Business Council and President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Chinda Vongsouly, representative of the Lao PDR ACMECS JBC and President of the Champasak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Win Aung, Chairman of Myanmar ACMECS JBC, vice president of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tanit Sorat, vice chairman of Thai ACMECS JBC and vice chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, and H.E. Pham Gia Tuc, representative of the Vietnam ACMECS JBC and vice chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The discussion focused on the priority areas of trading cooperation and set out a target for the arrangement of trade and investments, tourism, the cooperation on agriculture and transport, the promotion of industry and human resources development. --AKP

(By THOU Peou)

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More Than 500,000 Tourists Visit Preah Sihanouk Province in Ten Months

Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 AKP -- In the first ten months of this year, more than 500,000 local and foreign tourists visited Preah Sihanouk coastal province, some 230 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Phnom Penh.

Mr. Seng Kha, deputy director of provincial tourism department told AKP recently that in the first ten months of 2010, around 400,469 local tourists and 109,284 foreign tourists were recorded or an increase by 20.73 percent if compared to the same period of 2009.

The number of local tourists saw an increase of 24.29 percent and that of foreign tourists 9.24 percent. The foreign tourists mostly came from England, the U.S., France, China, South Korea. --AKP

(By Théng)
Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 AKP -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart H.E. Bouasone Bouphavanh have agreed to push their respective border commissions to speed up as soon as possible the planting of the remaining border posts.

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