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But the savagely exquisite terrain of Stung Treng province now tops the list of locations considered the most important gateway of drugs shipments entering Cambodia from Southeast Asia's notorious narco-state the "Golden Triangle."

Cambodian and international experts agree that Stung Treng is a major drug trafficking artery: amphetamines for the country's domestic market, and heroin bound for regional and eventually international markets in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Garment, timber, tobacco, agro-industry and tourism are the fastest growing businesses in Cambodia.  There are two hundred factories producing for the American and European markets. British American Tobacco has been developing a cigarette brand for the Cambodians and is growing tobacco leaves for export.