BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/2: Cambodia, Laos Rubber

27 February 2013
Vietnamnet
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Investment / Rubber
Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom pronvince / latex / rubber cultivation / rubber factories / rubber industry / rubber platations / rubber processing projects / rubber projects / rubber tree plantations / rubber trees / Tan Bien / Viet Nam Rubber Group Co / Vietnam Rubber Group / VRG

The area under Viet Nam Rubber Group’s cultivation in Laos and Cambodia totals 100,000 ha, including 27,000 ha under the group’s seven rubber projects in Laos. … By the end of 2012, VRG had 21 rubber projects in Cambodia, including 19 rubber tree plantations and two rubber-processing projects. To date, VRG has over 70,000ha under rubber cultivation in Cambodia, including several areas cultivated by its subsidiary Tan Bien – Kampongthom which are currently producing latex. The company said in 2013 it would plant rubber trees on an additional 25,000 ha in Cambodia. Together with other Vietnamese companies, VRG intends to realise a plan to have 100,000 ha under rubber cultivation in Cambodia by 2014, one year ahead of schedule of an agreement previously approved by the governments of Cambodia and Viet Nam. …

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