Cambodia
Cambodia’s Garment Workers Get $2 Monthly Pay Bump
The minimum monthly wage for the Southeast Asian nation's apparel and footwear sector will get a lift to $194…
Purchasing Practices Need to Change. Suppliers Say This is How.
A new manufacturer-driven initiative wants to end the garment industry's sourcing race to the bottom.
Troubles in Vietnam Weigh Down Its Imports to U.S.
While imports from Vietnam rose 22.74 percent to 2.6 billion SME year to date, they fell 8 percent year over…
Cambodia Greenlights New Garment Factories Creating 9,500 Jobs
The country's development council has approved eight new projects with garment industry producers worth $71.4…
Brands At Risk of ‘Losing’ Asian Labor Force to Covid-19
In production hubs such as Cambodia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, garment workers are usually at the center of…
Cambodian Union Leader: ‘Sometimes the Intimidation is Scary’
Union leader Kong Athit discusses the current challenges in Cambodia and the necessity of raising worker…
Covid-19 Lockdowns Heighten Garment-Worker Woes
From Bangladesh to Cambodia to the Philippines, garment sectors and their legions of workers face shifting…
Chaos Consumes Garment Supply Chain
From Cambodia and Ethiopia to Bangladesh and Myanmar, garment workers are battling geopolitical conflict and…
Cambodia to Vaccinate 500,000 Garment Workers by June
The move is a rare bright spot for Cambodia's embattled garment sector, which is the country's largest…
Cambodia’s Factory Count Grew By 121 Last Year
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Cambodia closed 100 and opened 221 factories, mostly in the garment sector.
Cambodia Garment Czar: ‘We Are Accepting Quite Ridiculous Payment Terms’
A top Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia executive pulls back the curtain on the state of sourcing…
Massive Floods Deliver Fresh Blow to Cambodia, Vietnam’s Garment Sector
Flash floods in Cambodia have damaged 79 garment factories and forced at least 40 of them to temporarily…
Fashion ‘Power Brokers’ Must Safeguard ‘Human-Centered’ Future for Asian Garment Sector
The ILO warned of Covid-19's "ripple effect" on Asia's world-supplying garment industry in a new report…
Cambodia Raises Garment Worker Minimum Wage
Unions had urged for a $12.35 increase, employers pushed for a $17.39 drop and the government suggested a $5…
US Footwear Imports Flop 27.8% in First Half, as Sourcing Leaders Emerge
Only Cambodia and Germany of the Top 10 suppliers saw increases in their shipments to the U.S. in the first…