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Phnom Penh is currently home to 9,314 factories and other manufacturing enterprises that employ 660,000 workers, including 340,000 hired at 727 “garment” plants who churn out merchandise exported to the EU, the US, Canada, Japan and other markets

Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor is implementing a scheme to provide financial allowances for workers impacted by the economic crisis.

Labor minister pledges support, but workers say they feel abandoned by their government.

The new wage is still too low, labor leaders said, and may not stem to flow of workers to other countries.

Talks have begun to discuss an increase in the minimum wage for garment workers in Cambodia, according to the country's labour body.

A woman is suspected of committing suicide by setting her own house on fire on the morning of April 1 in Chong Rok commune of Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisey district, local police said. Commune police chief Sam Heng identified the victim as Hem Pich Chenda, 56, a widow who lived with her 30-year-old son in the commune’s Pang Na village.

Thanks to a steady decrease in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen has permitted the return of Khmer New Year celebrations in mid-April, though he urges the public to continue practising all preventive measures that have so far succeeded in slowing the spread of the virus.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has officially launched the “Cambodia Garment, Footwear and Travel Goods [GTF] Sector Development Strategy 2022-2027”, with which it hopes to set common development goals, establish independence and develop the sustainability and inclusiveness of the sector.

Released workers appeal to striking colleagues to end their industrial action and return to work

The unionists called for all charges to be dropped to facilitate negotiations with the casino.