2023-02-12

Cambodia

Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is visiting China, said that I fully agree with China's idea of promoting the "Diamond Six-Side" cooperation framework. The Cambodian side hopes to take the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and China as an opportunity to actively build the "Industrial Development Corridor" and the "Fish and Rice Corridor", promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Cambodia and China to achieve more results, and jointly build a Cambodia-China community with a shared future. The Cambodian side is willing to continue to actively promote the development of relations between ASEAN and China. The Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative proposed by China are of great significance to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development, and Cambodia actively supports and participates in it.

Hun Sen said that Cambodia is willing to work with China to promote high-quality cooperation in politics, production capacity, agriculture, energy, finance, law enforcement and security, humanities and other fields, and work together to better build a Cambodia-China community with a shared future. We welcome more Chinese tourists to Cambodia and are willing to work with China to deepen cooperation between ASEAN and China, promote regional connectivity and safeguard regional peace and development.

Malaysia

Business: Strong GDP growth of 2022.8% in 7 shows a return to national economic confidence

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a strong 2022.8% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 7, indicating that consumers, businesses and investors' confidence in the national economy is recovering.

Malaysia's economy performed encouragingly, with GDP reaching 2022.8% in 7, up from an estimate of 2022.10% to 6.5% in October 7.

This growth performance also far exceeded the 2021.3% economic growth achieved in 1.

Business: The border between Malaysia and Thailand will create a golden land

World Daily News: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth and Malaysia's new Prime Minister Anwar held a formal bilateral meeting in Bangkok on the afternoon of the 9th of this month, reaching a number of useful consensuses, especially strengthening border trade cooperation and development between the two countries, promoting the interconnection of transportation facilities, and enhancing close cooperation in industry, education, science and technology, innovation and tourism.

The two leaders also decided to work together to develop and enhance the economic and tourism development of the border areas between the two countries, lay the foundation for lasting peace and stability, and jointly develop education and human resources development. Prime Minister Prayuth suggested that industrial parks or special economic zones that cross the border between Thailand and Malaysia should be built to increase infrastructure such as roads and bridges across the border between the two countries to achieve connectivity.

In addition, the two countries will further expand trade and investment cooperation, especially in new areas such as digital economy and green organic circular economy, and enhance energy security cooperation in addition to traditional rubber industry cooperation. At the same time, it is necessary to promote cross-border exchanges between the two peoples, especially in tourism, and promote economic development through the revitalization of education, so as to add factors of peace and stability.

Vietnam

Cultural tourism: Digital communication is driving the recovery of Vietnam's tourism industry

Hanoi (VNA): Digital marketing and communication have made positive contributions to the recovery of Vietnam's tourism industry in 2022. In 2022, Vietnam's tourism industry will gradually recover, especially the domestic tourism industry. The number of domestic tourists is estimated at more than 1 million, up from 01 million in 2019. Meanwhile, the country received 8500.366 million foreign tourists last year, equivalent to 73% of the target. Tourism exchange activities are deployed on various digital platforms.

Cultural Tourism: Ho Chi Minh City's tourism products are among the top unique tourism programs in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City (VNA): Due to Ho Chi Minh City's continuous efforts to diversify its tourism offerings, some of them have been included in the top 20 unique tourism projects that bring interesting experiences to Vietnamese tourists. The list was announced last month by VietKings. Among them, the tour gives visitors the opportunity to try their hand at becoming a doctor and learn about traditional medicine at the Museum of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine in District 10.