Expand your business horizons: Join us in THE 3rd LANCANG-MEKONG BUSINESS FORUM 2022

March 2, 2022
MI invites stakeholders of the agribusiness and food processing industry to the 3rd Lancang-Mekong Business Forum (LMBF)!

With support from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund of P. R. China, the Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) of the Royal Government of Thailand and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the 3^rd Lancang-Mekong Business Forum (LMBF) on March 30-31, 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

With the theme "Promoting Agribusiness and Investment in Processed Food Sector," the two-day event offers a range of activities to establish business linkages, exchange information on innovation and technology in the processed food sector, and boost investment through collaboration among businesses in the Lancang-Mekong region. Industry leaders and experts will be sharing experiences through business seminar and panel discussion during the forum's first day. Furthermore, processed food enterprises and investors can share situational updates and network business deal opportunities by participating in the business matching and product exhibition. A visit to leading food processing firms, Cambodia's Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and related sites will be arranged in Phnom Penh capital for selected participants.

Due to the travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, MI designed the Forum with a combination of on-site activities and virtual platform. This is to cater to interested participants who will not be able to physically attend the event. Online participants can join the Business Seminar via Zoom on March 30 and the Virtual Business Matching on March 31 through the LMBF virtual platform.

For more details, please visit the official website of the 3^nd Lancang-Mekong Business Forum at www.lancangmekongforum.com and complete the registration procedure for further arrangement.

*MI reserves the right to select the participants to join the structure learning visit. Only shortlisted participants will be confirmed for further details.

Special Offer:

Air travel and accommodation cost will be provided to a total of 25 selected companies, five (5) each from P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, or their representative based in some of these countries and are interested to attend the onsite forum activities.

Conditions:

The companies (maximum of 25) will be selected on the basis of their business matching interests, flight cost and availability, and COVID-19 travel restrictions and quarantine requirements;
The selected company must be headquartered in/originated from P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam and involved in trade and investment of agribusiness and agro-food processing in Lancang-Mekong (LM) countries;
The representative of the company must be the owners or senior managers;
A letter of consent signed by the company headquarter/representative office is required to prove the employment relationship;
Economy class international air tickets from some locations in the LM countries and three nights' accommodation will be reimbursed. The participant will be required to contact MI before finalizing his/her itinerary and hotel bookings
Other travel costs such as visa, COVID-19 test, quarantine hotel, local transport, etc. are not covered by MI;
Those interested to attend the forum on-site may send an email with the travel details to Ms. Wen Hao at haowen@mekonginstitute.org.

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For more information, please contact the MI organizing team:

Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta

Director, Trade and investment Facilitation (TIF) Department

Tel: +66(0)43-202411 to 2101

E-mail: dutta@mekonginstitute.org

Ms. Hao Wen

Program Coordinator, Trade and Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department

Tel: +66 43 202411-2 ext. 2105

Email: hao@mekonginstitute.org

Mr. Anan Ussanawarong

Program Assistant, Trade and Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department