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Wed, 3 February 2021
Cambodia and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that permits some Cambodian workers to find employment there under the Korean Employment Permit System (EPS).
For over a decade now, nearly 70,000 Cambodians have found employment in South Korea through the EPS.
The original MoU was co-signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in November 2006.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training’s committee in charge of training and sending workers abroad and South Korea’s Human Resource Development Unit are the administering agencies for the MoU.
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69 returning migrant workers from Thailand through land border crossings have tested positive for Covid-19. Banteay Meanchey Provincial hall
Public urged to stay cautious as Covid infection risks remain
Sun, 17 January 2021
In just under a period of one month, a total of 69 migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from Thailand through land border crossings have tested positive for Covid-19. Thus far, 21 of them have recovered.
With the number of people infected with Covid-19 in Thailand still increasing, the ministries of Health and Labour and Vocational Training have urged migrant workers there to remain vigilant and implement preventive measures consistently.
Labour minister Ith Sam Heng said: “Please, all Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand, stay in place and stop coming to the border to return to your hometowns. Please don’t undermine the Thai authorities’ efforts at preventing Covid-19,” he said.
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Technical and vocational students at Cambodia’s 38 TVET institutions can apply for over 19k available scholarships. Fresh News
Labour ministry set to provide over 19K vocational scholarships
Wed, 6 January 2021
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will award 19,179 scholarships for bachelor’s, master’s and technical degree courses at 38 technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions across the country.
Labour minister Ith Sam Heng announced the availability of the scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year on his Facebook page on January 6.
Courses available for study under the scholarships will primarily deal with vocational skills, particularly relating to engineering and fields using specialised technologies.
Labour minister Ith Sam Heng revealed the plan in his Facebook post on December 30.
He said the four strategies are developing and improving educational infrastructure, equipping tools and materials necessary for training, strengthening capacity of management and relevant civil officials, hiring technical trainers, as well as increasing the quantity and quality of skills and vocations.
The five-year master plan will see total spending of $493.1 million, with more than $102 million to be spent on constructing 26 educational facilities with 1,116 classrooms and $54.6 million on 28 trainee dormitories.
Another $49.6 million will be spent on building 248 workshops, $186 million for equipping them with training tools and materials, $2.25 million for building the capacity of management and technical trainers, and $93.1 million for training more than 392,000 trainees.
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Labour ministry says will extend subsidies for suspended workers
Wed, 30 December 2020
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced new payments to be made to workers in the garment and tourist sectors who had been laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest subsidies will be the 44th round of payments which have totalled over $20 million in aggregate.
The ministry said disbursements would be made to 4,838 workers of 28 factories and other enterprises in the targeted sectors. The businesses had received permission to suspend the workers’ contracts under the Labour Law.
Recipients would be notified by text messages from Wing (Cambodia) Limited Specialised Bank, and they would have 10 days to collect payment. Unclaimed benefits would be returned to the government