Japan being wooed to set up special economic zones in Cambodia

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) on Dec 22. - STPM

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is stepping up discussions with the Japanese on the possibility of investing in the kingdom’s special economic zones (SEZ). During a recent trip to Japan, Prime Minister Hun Manet proposed that Japanese investors examine the possibility of investing in Cambodia-Japan SEZs.

Sun Chanthol, deputy prime minister and first vice-chair of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), led a Dec 25 inter-ministerial meeting with a delegation from Japan led by Japanese ambassador Atsushi Ueno on logistics, transport infrastructure and ports.