First-eight-month bilateral trade came to roughly $8.7 billion, 8.3 per cent higher than a year earlier, following last year's record above $11.3 billion.
Vietnamese Customs figures put exports to Cambodia at $4.3 billion, a 13.8 per cent rise, and imports from Cambodia at $4.4 billion, up 3.4 per cent.
Two crossings — Meun Chey–Tân Nam, opened late 2025, and Khánh Bình–Chrey Thom, opened October 3 this year — are expected to ease trade and tighten links between Prey Veng and Tây Ninh, and between An Giang and Kandal.
Over time, connecting the HCM City–Mộc Bài–Bavet–Phnom Penh corridors with each side's expressway networks is expected to shorten transport, reduce logistics costs and lift logistics hubs and industrial parks.
