The province boasts of silt deposited in each flood, this makes the region conducive to agriculture and fishing.
It is part of what is called the "great green belt" of Cambodia.

The main crop of rice and has the largest area devoted to rice in the country, contributing about 10% in the national crop and is among those that emerge each year the largest surplus.
Tobacco, mung beans, cane sugar, palm sugar, cassava, sesame and fruits such as coconuts, mangoes and cashews are grown in Prey Veng.
Rubber trees have played an important economic role in the past, but the plantations were abandoned during the wars that bloodied the country decades ago.

However, despite its agricultural base, it is one of the less wealthy areas of Cambodia.
The rate of people living below the poverty line is around 53%, 36% below the national average.
In addition, its net migration is negative, indicating that the a number of people from their homelands are moving away to find other means of subsistence.
The province boasts of silt deposited in each flood, this makes the region conducive to agriculture and fishing. It is part of what is called the "great green belt" of Cambodia.
The main crop of rice and has the largest area devoted to rice in the country, contributing about 10% in the national crop and is among those that emerge each year the largest surplus. Tobacco, mung beans, cane sugar, palm sugar, cassava, sesame and fruits such as coconuts, mangoes and cashews are grown in Prey Veng. Rubber trees have played an important economic role in the past, but the plantations were abandoned during the wars that bloodied the country decades ago.
However, despite its agricultural base, it is one of the less wealthy areas of Cambodia. The rate of people living below the poverty line is around 53%, 36% below the national average. In addition, its net migration is negative, indicating that the a number of people from their homelands are moving away to find other means of subsistence.
Prey Veng Province