New deal opens doors for Cambodia's bird’s nests to fly to China

Agriculture minister Veng Sakhon (centre right) signs the MoU with the Xiamen-based commercial centre on Aug 8. - AGRICULTURE MINISTRY

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The agriculture ministry and an institution under the commerce ministry based in Xiamen city, Fujian province, China have entered into a partnership to pave the way for the export of Cambodian edible bird’s nest products to China and establishment of a domestic processing plant for the commodity in the near future.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon and the director of Cambodia (Xiamen) Commercial Center – the Cambodia Commercial Center’s representative arm in the southeastern coastal Chinese city – signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect at the ministry on Aug 8, according to a statement posted on the minister’s official Facebook page.