New Market to Serve as ‘Model’ for Cambodia-Vietnam Trade
A new market will open on the border of Cambodia and Vietnam next year.
Construction of the market began this week in Tbong Khmum province. A Cambodia commerce ministry official said the Vietnamese government had given a grant of $2 million to build the new “Dar Market.”
The official said the market will permit people from the Vietnamese side of the border to buy products from Cambodia more easily. If the market is a success, he said, similar markets would be opened in other areas along the border.
The two countries have a long history of border dispute.
Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy could not be reached for comment. But the Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia attended Tuesday’s ceremony to begin building the market. He was reported as saying that the market celebrates the 50thanniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cambodia.
“It will improve the lives of residents in Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province and Tbong Khmum in Cambodia,” he said.
The chief of the Da community said the new market would bring business and money from many places, not only from Tbong Khmum province. He added that it will also be used for trading agricultural products from Mondolkiri, Ratanakkiri, and Kratie provinces.
Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam has increased quickly over the past five years. It grew from $3 billion in 2016 to $3.5 billion in 2017. The minister of commerce was quoted on the Freshnews website as saying that the new market could help increase trade between Cambodia and Vietnam even more.
I’m Jonathan Evans.
Words in This Story
province - n. a part of the country away from a large city
grant - n. amount of money given by a government
【译文】
新市场成为柬埔寨与越南贸易的典范
明年柬埔寨和越南边界处将会出现一个新市场。
本周，该市场在柬埔寨Tbong Khmum省开始施工。，越南政府已经拨款200万美元用于建设新的“达尔市场”。
该官员称，有了达尔市场，越南边境的人们要从柬埔寨购买产品，就会更方便了。 如果这个市场运营成功，那么柬越边界处的其他地区将会开设类似的市场。
柬越边界争端是历史遗留问题。
目前，。但是越南驻柬埔寨大使出席了周二的开工仪式。该大使对媒体表示，为纪念越南与柬埔寨建交五十周年，双方决定开设达尔市场。
他说：“这将改善越南西宁省和柬埔寨Tbong Khmum省居民的生活。”
达社区的负责人称，新市场将会带来新商机，吸引各地资金，并不只局限于Tbong Khmum省。蒙多基里省，腊塔纳基里省和桔井省的农产品也将在该市场进行售卖。
柬埔寨和越南双边贸易额在过去五年中迅速增长，从2016年的30亿美元增长到2017年的35亿美元。 Freshnews，新市场或许对增加柬埔寨和越南双边贸易额有帮助。
乔纳斯·埃文斯为您报道。
