Cambodia well placed in economic downturn

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Updated February 16, 2009 11:01:15

Cambodia's main export industry of textiles and clothing is shrinking and the outlook for tourism remains cloudy.

The International Monetary Fund has forecast hard times with the economy growing at less than five per cent this year but a former Vice Minister for Commerce remains optimistic.

Presenter: Karon Snowdon
Speaker: Sok Siphana, former Secretary of State at Cambodia's Commerce Ministry who now works for the UN international trade centre in Geneva

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