Lam Dong province boasts strengths in agriculture and significant tourism potential, while Cambodia is a promising market with rapidly growing consumption, services, tourism, and modern distribution systems.
To further unlock the potential of bilateral economic and trade cooperation, Vietnam and Cambodia should continue reviewing and effectively implementing signed agreements, facilitating trade and border connectivity, strengthening trade promotion in complementary sectors, reforming administrative procedures, upgrading border and logistics infrastructure, and enhancing coordination in combating smuggling and trade fraud.
Tay Ninh currently houses more than 1,950 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, with total registered capital exceeding 24.5 billion USD. In 2025, the province’s total export turnover was estimated at over 16 billion USD, up 9.21% compared to last year.
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), during the first nine months of 2025, bilateral trade via land border gates reached 5.9 billion USD, up 15.5% year on year. Vietnam’s exports increased 16.6% to 5.83 billion USD, mainly textiles, steel and aquatic products, while Cambodia exported rubber, cashew nuts, and other agricultural goods.
Economic, trade, investment, and tourism cooperation are key pillars of Vietnam-Cambodia relations through 2030, with both sides aiming to raise two-way trade to 20 billion USD and beyond.
With strategic vision, an increasingly favourable trade and investment environment, and proactive engagement from businesses on both sides, economic cooperation will continue to be a bright spot in the comprehensive relationship between the two countries.
Vietnamese investors ranked among the top five foreign capital sources in Cambodia during the first nine months of 2025.
The plan seeks to proactively and effectively carry out the commitments outlined in the agreement, with a focus on facilitating access to preferential import tariffs for goods originating from each country. These tariff preferences will be implemented ahead of the broader ASEAN tariff reduction schedule.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Minh Vu affirmed that the Vietnam – Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) has been a solid bridge connecting business associations of both sides, contributing to bolstering economic, trade, and investment cooperation.
Vietnam and Cambodia are enjoying their most dynamic economic period with bilateral trade exceeding 10 billion USD in 2024. This robust momentum brings the ambitious goal of 20 billion USD in trade by 2030, set by senior leaders of both countries, closer than ever.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia reached 10.1 billion USD last year, while the figure in the first eight months of the year was 7.98 billion USD, up 16.3% year-on-year.
Logistics and border trade infrastructure remains a major bottleneck. Congestion at border gates, underdeveloped warehousing, and the lack of multimodal connectivity are significant barriers to supply chain optimisation.
The conference will review outcomes of border trade cooperation since 2020 and discuss measures to boost bilateral investment, upgrade border trade infrastructure, and expand future collaboration.
Cambodia’s civil aviation authorities recently announced the transfer of all operations from Phnom Penh International Airport to Techo International Airport.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia topped 7 billion USD in the first seven months of the year, up 16.3% against the same time last year. Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia hit 3.2 billion USD, rising 5.1%, while imports rose 28.1% to 3.8 billion USD.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Minh Vu led a delegation to Mondulkiri, Ratanakiri, and Kratie provinces from August 5-8, aiming to deepen economic ties and support Vietnamese businesses operating in Cambodia’s northeastern region.
The value of trade between Vietnam and Cambodia reached 6.2 billion USD in the first six months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%. Vietnam's exports to Cambodia totaled 2.7 billion USD, up 4.6% from the same period last year.
In the first four months of 2025, trade turnover between Vietnam and Cambodia surpassed 3 billion USD, marking a 7% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
Vietnam and Cambodia inked an agreement on promoting bilateral trade for the 2025–2026 period, which provides preferential tariffs for many competitive goods from each side – much more favourable than those under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Minh Vu on April 25 paid a working visit to several subsidiaries of the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) in Kampong Thom province, and held discussions with provincial leaders to enhance coordination and create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms, thereby promoting stronger bilateral investment ties.
The annual business dialogue in Cambodia attracted around 150 delegates, including Vietnamese businesses and Vietnamese-origin companies operating in Cambodia across various sectors such as finance, banking, insurance, telecommunications, agriculture, construction, interior design, food services, transportation, logistics, trade, healthcare, and tourism.
By 2028, THACO AGRI's projects in Cambodia will generate combined export revenue of 800 million USD per year and contribute 35 million USD annually in taxes to the state once they are fully operational.
A Vietnam-Cambodia trade and investment forum took place in Phnom Penh on December 25, aiming to strengthen cross-border e-commerce and digital economy cooperation between the two countries' businesses.
Sharing the border with Cambodia, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is striving to develop its border trade infrastructure connections with Ratanakiri province of the neighbouring country, aiming to strengthen economic links and make import - export turnover on a par with the great potential of both countries.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines launched a direct route between Hanoi and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 27, with a schedule of four flights per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.