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The Cambodian Government has fined Chungyuen Plastic Manufacture 250,000 USD for importing 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the US and Canada.

Two garment workers died and 31 others sustained injuries in a road accident in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province on July 30 morning.

Honorary President of the Cambodian People’s Party Samdech Heng Samrin on July 29 expressed his belief that Ho Chi Minh City will become one of the leading cities in ASEAN in the near future.

The Vietnam–Cambodia and Cambodia–Vietnam friendship associations on July 29 issued a joint statement, strengthening friendly neighborliness, traditional friendship and long-term cooperation between the two nations.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and other representative offices of Vietnam in Phnom Penh led by Ambassador Vu Quang Minh offered incense to martyrs at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument on July 26 on the occasion of the 72nd Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on July 23 suggested Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence direct its military units to effectively implement annual protocols, cooperation plans and agreements signed between the two countries’ high-ranking officials and defence ministries.

India’s budget passenger carrier GoAir plans to add destinations such as Vietnam’s Hanoi capital and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capital to its international network by the year-end, the IANS, India's largest independent news agency, reported on July 21.

Growing economic and trade relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are crucial to securing long-term peace and shared prosperity in the region.

Ho Chi Minh City had promoted its strategic economic, political and military position in defending the southwest border region and undertaking international missions in Cambodia in 1979 – 1989, heard a workshop held in the city on July 20.

The sixth political consultation between Vietnam and Cambodia was held in Phnom Penh on July 18.

Eighty-three containers of plastic waste were found at Cambodia’s Sihanoukville autonomous port, 230km to the southwest of Phnom Penh, on July 16.

African swine fever has spread to southern Cambodia’s Kandal province, bringing the total number of provinces hit by the virus to five, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon announced on July 15.

Cambodian authorities have recently discovered several illegal money transport cases with huge amounts through the country’s international airports.

The Vietnam – Cambodia Trade and Investment Promotion Forum 2019 took place in Phnom Penh on July 9, attracting over 200 delegates from the two countries, especially from southwestern border provinces of Tay Ninh, Dong Thap and An Giang.

The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City and Tay Ninh province are building shopping malls and service facilities along the HCM City – Moc Bai Highway to raise revenue for construction of the highway.

Cambodia shipped 118,401 tonnes of rice to China in the first half of 2019, an annual increase of 66 percent.

Customs officers from the south-eastern province of Tay Ninh have seized 7kg of methamphetamine transported by an Indonesian from Cambodia to Vietnam.

The labour union of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on July 5 presented gifts to 10 overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia who are wounded soldiers, relatives of war martyrs, and people who rendered services to the homeland.

The Thai government is proceeding with the second phase of its smart city development project, covering 17 provinces across the country.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on July 1 resumed train services to the border with neighbouring Thailand after a 45-year hiatus, according to the SRT.