Staff at state-owned Rural Development Bank will gain technical assistance training from the French aid agency AFD, insiders said.

Bank president Son Kunthor said he will meet AFD officials on a trip to France to discuss technical assistance after he finishes a trip in China to seek US$200 million in loans for developing Cambodia’s rice sector.

“This provision is for strengthening the rice sector in areas such as management and inspectation,” Son Kunthor said yesterday.

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