Bavet Municipality

Bavet (Khmer: ក្រុងបាវិត) is the largest city in Svay Rieng Province. It is an international border gate between Cambodia and Vietnam. Its counterpart across the border is Moc Bai, Vietnam.

Not to be confused with Bavette (pasta).
Bavet Municipality

ក្រុងបាវិត

Krong Bavet
Municipality
Country Cambodia
ProvinceSvay Rieng
Elevation
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Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total37,123
 • RankRanked 14th
Time zoneUTC+7 (Cambodia)

Bavet belongs to one of the poorest provinces of Cambodia. Actually, its only economic resource is its position on NH1, on the straight way between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh.

Bavet is one of the "special economic zones" (SEZ) of Cambodia[2] and there were established textile industries and bicycles factories. However the most evident economic activity of Bavet are the casinos, attended by Vietnamese.

In accordance with decentralization politics experienced by Cambodian government,[3] Bavet commune has become a municipality by sub-decree in December 2008.[4] There are about 10–12 (from small to large) casinos and 6 to 7 developing areas set up by foreign investors. The city is in a growing state. The 2km-long Neak Loeang bridge funded by Japan has been finished in April, 2015. It is the longest bridge in Cambodia.


  • Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam Prime Minister, and Hun Sen, Cambodia Prime Minister, opened ceremony of boundary stone at Moc Bai-Bavet border.[5]
  • Passport entry stamp from Bavet.

References
  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/cambodia-admin.php?adm1id=2008
  2. Cambodian Special Economic Zone Board website Archived August 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. the National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development (NCDD) Archived June 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "sub-decree on creation of Bavet municipality". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  5. http://cambodiatonight.blogspot.com/2007/08/cambodia-vietnam-start-installing.html


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