China firm to invest ‘millions of dollars’ in Cambodia's cotton industry

Established by the French, the cotton industry in Cambodia thrived between 1965 and 1975, with thousands of hectares of the crop harvested each year. - TPPP/ANN

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A Chinese company is eyeing an investment of “millions of dollars” in Kampong Speu province’s cotton industry, governor Vei Samnang told The Post on Sunday (Jan 19).

He said he met representatives of the firm on Friday at Kampong Speu provincial hall.