Cambodia wishes to turn Vietnam’s Long An International Port into key trade gateway

Vietnam’s Long An International Port has the potential to become an important trade bridge between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as a convenient international border gate through which foreign goods will enter and leave Cambodia, a Cambodian official has commented. The port should therefore be transformed into an international border gate for trade soon, Posa suggested. Once the port operates as expected, it will contribute to boosting trade between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as between Cambodia and its international partners, he added. In recent times, many Vietnamese and Cambodian entrepreneurs have arrived in Long An to explore the possibility for goods to enter and leave Cambodia via the port as a trade transit point. On November 16, 2023, representatives of Long An International Port and the Port of Long Beach signed a letter of intent to set up a sister port relationship at a conference hosted by the California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA) in the U.S., according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.