Friday, August 05, 2011

Mekong Countries Move Toward More Integration

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh speaks during the 17th GMS Ministerial Conference at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh August 4, 2011. Representatives from the six participating countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program meet to review and agree on the new GMS Strategic Framework for 2012-2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Thursday, 04 August 2011
Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

“We have inadequate resources to develop a number of infrastructure projects. We need more money for infrastructure development, and we lack human resources.”
The countries of the lower Mekong River are moving toward greater integration, but Cambodia’s commerce minister said Thursday the country is ill prepared.

Ministers from Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam met in Phnom Penh to discuss a second phase of economic cooperation under and Asian Development Bank program.

The plan calls for an “economic corridor” linking the Greater Mekong countries and investment in urban and rural areas alike.


However, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said at the meeting that Cambodia “faces challenges.”

“We have inadequate resources to develop a number of infrastructure projects,” he said. “We need more money for infrastructure development, and we lack human resources.”

The six countries said in a statement they would “need to continue to innovate, to seek new frontiers of cooperation” and would cooperate “to address the challenges ahead.”

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Everyone,

One of KI-Media member who has his name in Facebook as Khmer Sovannaphumi but his real name is Pang Sokheoun, former political asylum and now living in Sweden. He always copies news from here to post in his facebook profile to promote himself, but right now, he tries to removed and blocked anyone who dares to reveal his con activity particular he tries to hide what he has cheated his wife (Sreypov Chea) by having a girlfriend (Sokunthear Som) behind his wife back. Now, his girlfriend had ran way from him after she knew his cheating.

A con man Pang Sokhoeun as well as KI-Media like to insult to the government officers who have affairs, but himself does even worse than other people. What a shame!

Anonymous said...

Cham Prasith's leadership is not sensible. He needs to face touch question, why he mentioned GDP growth is more than 8%? He is really a BS!!!

Is Cham Prasith a Viet/Yuon tycoon?

Anonymous said...

This autocratic puppet government will stay in power until its master replace it with a new Yiekcong prime minister who can speak khmer, then these bull shit Ministers will go.

Otherwise, they ( puppet ministers and Kwack prime minister ) continue to suck Khmer resource until the official transferal of Khmer land to Yiekcong.

Keep going Puok Ayang, you did a splendid job for your master.

Note: Chom Porngsit is not his real name. His real name is Ung Yu Tekchor

Anonymous said...

one of the key to cambodian economic growth is good, modern infrastructure! people's improved living standard will follow suit from there, you know! cambodia must develop in all fields.