Visa agreement gets delayed

13 November 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
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DESPITE some reports, Cambodian officials said Cambodia and Thailand have not yet set a date for implementing the Irrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) single visa. Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said a single visa scheme for all five countries in the ACMECS organisation is in the works, but Cambodia and Thailand are the first two countries with the will to pilot the arrangement in the hopes of boosting tourism. …

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