Cambodia, Laos central banks to enhance ties

Dec 8th at 10:02
08-12-2015 10:02:10+07:00

Cambodia, Laos central banks to enhance ties

Central bank heads of Cambodia and Laos met yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation of their banking sectors.

Chea Chanto, governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, and Somphao Phaysith, governor of the Bank of Lao PDR, talked about the potential for cooperation in training, human resources and information exchange.

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