DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and its neighboring Vietnam had jumped to 2.45 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, a 17 percent rise from 2.09 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report of Vietnam's Trade Office in Phnom Penh showed Sunday.

During the January-September period this year, Cambodia's export to Vietnam went up by 9.5 percent to 378 million U.S. dollars, whilst Vietnam's export to Cambodia rose by 18 percent to 2.07 billion U.S. dollars.

Products Cambodia exported to Vietnam included unprocessed agricultural products such as rice, corn, cassava, and rubber latex. In exchange, Vietnam exported petroleum, construction materials, information technology devices and equipment, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, and consuming products to the country.

The two neighbors' trade volume last year was 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, up 55 percent year-on-year.