Monday, January 25, 2010

Cambodian rice venture formed

25-01-2010
Viet Nam News

HCM CITY — A rice joint venture specialising in rice processing and export has been reached between Cambodian and Vietnamese companies, according to Viet Nam Food Association.

The Cambodia-Viet Nam Foods Company (Cavifoods) is a joint venture between

The Investment and Development Company of Cambodia (IDCC), with a 33 per cent stake, Viet Nam’s Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood II), with a 37 per cent stake, and Cambodia’s Green Trade Co with a 30 per cent stake, said the association’s chairman, Truong Thanh Phong.

With registered capital of US$8 million, the Phnom Penh-based Cavifoods specialises in the investment, processing, storage and exportation of rice.

The joint venture contract for Cavifoods, the first co-operation in rice production between the two ASEAN countries, was signed in October 2009, with a licensed period of 99 years.

The rice co-operation was approved by the governments of Cambodia and Viet Nam, said Phong.

He said the company had been building a rice processing plant, warehouses, instant noodle and bread plants, and a rice purchasing network.

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