Labor
Labour demand tipped to grow as factories expand production
Strong growth in domestic production demand has prompted several factories in Cambodia to expand their operations. This expansion is expected to result in an increasing need for labour. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/labour-demand-tipped-to-grow-as-factories-expand-production
Protecting returning workers: Starting next week, up to 100 job forums per day
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational training has announced that starting next week, daily job forums will be scheduled across all 25 capital-provinces, as part of its ongoing efforts to provide information about employment opportunities to migrant workers who have returned from Thailand. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protecting-returning-workers-starting-next-week-up-to-100-job-forums-per-day
Labour ministry: almost 10% of returning migrant workers employed within ten days
A Labour Forum campaign saw more than 110,000 job opportunities advertised to the public and Cambodian workers returning from Thailand, resulting in over 60,000 people securing employment within just 10 days. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-almost-10-of-returning-migrant-workers-employed-within-ten-days
No nat’l ID required for returning migrant workers to register for work, NSSF
Cambodian workers returning from Thailand are not required to have a Cambodian National ID card to apply for work or register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-nat-l-id-required-for-returning-migrant-workers-to-register-for-work-nssf
Labour ministry warns against exploitation of returning migrant workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a stern warning that it will take strict legal action against anyone involved in schemes to take money from returning migrant workers in exchange for securing them employment. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-warns-against-exploitation-of-returning-migrant-workers
Labour ministry launches job campaign as over 600K migrant workers return
As of Tuesday, August 5, the number of Cambodian citizens returning from Thailand had risen to over 610,000. The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has launched a job promotion campaign which highlights the benefits of working in the Kingdom, such as healthcare and pensions. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-launches-job-campaign-as-over-600k-migrant-workers-return
Online scam crackdown: thousands held, deportations underway
Thousands of foreign nationals were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on suspected online scam operations in July—some deported, while others await deportation, and many remain in detention at provincial facilities and the General Department of Immigration (GDI). ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/online-scam-crackdown-thousands-held-deportations-underway/
Labour ministry warns of increase in violence towards Cambodians working in Thailand
The Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged brands and buyers sourcing from Thailand and consumers of Thai products and services to pay attention to the increasing violence and harassment being suffered by Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. It noted that they appear ...
Phnom Penh sets up anti-scam task force amid rising online scams
Phnom Penh has established a special committee to crack down on online scams, following an order from Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-sets-up-anti-scam-task-force-amid-rising-online-scams/
CDC predicts Jan-Jun approved projects will create 255,000 jobs
In the first half of 2025, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 373 investment projects with a total capital of approximately $5.8 billion. Nearly two-thirds of them were in the industrial sector. ...
ACU: Over $10M in civil servant salaries overpaid past 3 years
Over the period from 2022 to 2024, more than $10.7 million in salary payments were found to have been overpaid to civil servants at both the national and sub-national levels, say the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). Over $9 million has reportedly been recovered. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-over-10m-in-civil-servant-salaries-overpaid-past-3-years
Two workers die at Cambodia’s largest granite quarry, but details remain hidden
Two male workers have died after a rock face collapsed at Cambodia’s largest granite quarry, with no public announcement made by the company or its chairman, tycoon Tang Kuonghow. ...
Chhim PichBormey
https://kiripost.com/stories/two-workers-die-at-cambodia-largest-granite-quarry
Much-loved elephant keeper will not return full-time, promises to visit Lucky
Try Sitheng has confirmed that he will not be returning to work with the Wildlife Alliance but has instead requested permission from the Minister of Agriculture to be able to visit Lucky the elephant, whom he considers like family. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/much-loved-elephant-keeper-will-not-return-full-time-promises-to-visit-lucky
Cambodia denied entry to over 1,200, deported nearly 6,000 offenders first half of year
Over 1,200 foreigners were denied entry to Cambodia in the first six months of 2025, while the number of national and international travellers entering and exiting through Cambodia’s international checkpoints reached 3.6 million, a nearly 15 per cent increase compared to the same period in ...
Wildlife Alliance: Elephant keeper resigned voluntarily, was not dismissed
The Wildlife Alliance Cambodia has stated that Try Sitheng submitted his resignation voluntarily from his role as an animal caretaker at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, and that he was neither dismissed nor asked to resign. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-alliance-elephant-keeper-resigned-voluntarily-was-not-dismissed
Garment, footwear workers worry about U.S tariff hike costing their jobs
Garment, footwear and travel goods sector workers are concerned that the 49 percent increase in US tariffs will put them at risk of job losses, poor working conditions and increased exploitation, while their minimum wage cannot keep up with inflation. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/garment-footwear-workers-worry-about-u-s-tariff-hike-costing-their-jobs/
Health ministry announces availability of HIV prevention drug
The Ministry of Health officially announced the introduction of the injectable medication Cabotegravir on June 27, a drug which is designed to deliver pre-exposure prevention of HIV infections. This marks the first time such a service has been provided in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-announces-availability-of-hiv-prevention-drug
Amnesty accuses Cambodian government of ignoring human rights abuses in scam compounds
Amnesty International accused the Cambodian government of deliberately ignoring widespread human rights abuses—including human trafficking, forced labor, child labor, slavery, and torture—carried out in more than 50 scamming compounds across the country. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/amnesty-accuses-cambodian-government-of-ignoring-human-rights-abuses-in-scam-compounds/
Govt offers jobs to workers returning from Thailand
Joint teams from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) and the National Employment Agency (NEA) are offering a detailed briefing on local job opportunities across various provinces to citizens returning from Thailand. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501706271/govt-offers-jobs-to-workers-returning-from-thailand/
Government spokesperson highlights ‘irrational’ claims by Thai leader
A Cambodian government spokesperson has pointed out “irrational claims” made by Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. On June 23, she claimed that Thailand had decided to cut electricity, internet, and oil and gas supplies to Cambodia, when in fact Cambodia had already shut down these ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-spokesperson-highlights-irrational-claims-by-thai-leader
Authorities destroy 340kg of seized narcotics
To mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, nearly 350 kilogrammes of narcotics and over 30,000 pills were incinerated during a June 23 ceremony in Battambang province. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-destroy-340kg-of-seized-narcotics
Thailand's complex role in Southeast Asia's scam epidemic
A series of alarming reports from Thai media outlets have painted Cambodia as a prime “scam hub”, but an insight documentary by Channel News Asia (CNA), featured Thailand’s pivotal role as a transit point for trafficked victims heading to scam centres across the region. ...
Kingdom’s first drug-sniffing dogs ready to go into action
Cambodia has begun employing drug dogs, as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to tackle the increasingly complex and dangerous drug challenges facing the world. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-s-first-drug-sniffing-dogs-ready-to-go-into-action
Domestic workers deserve equal employment rights; call for legal and social security reforms
The government should improve social security and protection of domestic workers through legislation, urged the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) and Oxfam, stressing that they deserve the same rights granted to other workers, such as access to fair working conditions and healthcare. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/domestic-workers-deserve-equal-employment-rights-call-for-legal-and-social-security-reforms/