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(KPL/VNA) – The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), in collaboration with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) and relevant stakeholders, held the ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit 2024 in Phnom Penh on April 2.
(KPL/VNA) – The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce
(CCC), in collaboration with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC)
and relevant stakeholders, held the ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit 2024 in
Phnom Penh on April 2.
Themed "Unleashing ASEAN's Potential:
Connectivity, Technology and Inclusive Growth", the event brought together
over 450 delegates who are key business leaders, policymakers and thought
leaders from across the region. Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy
Tang and corporate executives from the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Association
attended the event.
Speaking at the event, CCC President Neak
Oknha Kith Meng said the agenda will focus on enhancing effective connectivity,
supporting innovation and digitisation through technology, and ensuring
inclusive growth.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun
Manet said Cambodia is ready to be a strategic partner of entrepreneurs and
investors to seize economic opportunities in ASEAN. He vowed to closely
cooperating with ASEAN member states and dialogue partners to build an
adaptive, sustainable, inclusive and competitive ASEAN Economic Community for
the mutual benefit of the region.
According to him, the Cambodian Government is
stepping up the national strategy plus 1 through investment attraction
activities, particularly in the technology sector. This strategy involves
building factories in Cambodia to supply components or finished products to
large factories in neighbouring countries in the bloc.
In addition, Cambodia is prioritising strategic
investments in connectivity infrastructure networks, including the development
of highways, deep-water ports, international airport, and modern logistics
centres, in order to promote effective and seamless regional connectivity with
key economic corridors in Cambodia and the ASEAN region, he said.
On the sidelines of the event, products and
services from Cambodian and international businesses were showcased.
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