Located on the southwest coast of Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk province, which houses the country’s only deep sea port, would be upgraded to a multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ) to increase its economic potential to investors, a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 9 read.
Cambodia and Vietnam is set to open a border gate as an international checkpoint – linking the southeastern province of Prey Veng to Tay Ninh on the Vietnamese side – on May 31 to further boost trade between the countries in preparation for the eventual containment of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was revealed in a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng to Prime Minister Hun Sen requesting approval, according to online news outlet Fresh News.
The Meun Chey-Tan Nam border checkpoint is located in Kamchay Mear district’s Krabao commune on the Cambodian side and near the Tan Nam hamlet in Tan Bien district’s Tan Binh commune on the Vietnamese side.
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