Industries
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Cambodia mulls expanding coffee cultivation
Cambodia was urged to expand its coffee cultivation area to between 5,000 and 10,000 hectares in order to reduce reliance on imports, meet growing domestic demand, and seize export opportunities in regional and global markets. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501768175/cambodia-mulls-expanding-coffee-cultivation/
Rise in investment projects valued $7.8 billion from Jan-Sept 2025 - CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 564 projects—a 73 percent growth from last year, and is expected to create 376,000 jobs. A majority of the investments are from China, South Korea, and Singapore, benefitting Phnom Penh and nearby provinces. ...
Kuch Sikol
https://kiripost.com/stories/rise-in-investment-projects-valued-78-billion-from-jan-sept-2025-cdc
Cambodia urges export law compliance to safeguard US market access
Sun Chanthol, Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), called on the private sector to strictly comply with export laws to the United States, warning that attempts to bypass rules of origin could jeopardise Cambodia’s manufacturing exports. ...
Mao Sreypich & Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-urges-export-law-compliance-to-safeguard-us-market-access
Garment Workers to See $2 Minimum Wage Increase in 2026
In 2026, the minimum wage for workers in the garment, footwear, textile and travel goods industry (GFT) will receive a minimum wage of $210, after all relevant organisations and government stakeholders held several negotiations. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/garment-workers-to-see-2-minimum-wage-increase-in-2026
Jan-Aug GFT exports exceed $10 billion
Cambodia exported garment, footwear and travel products (GFT) worth $10.6 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 18.5 percent from the $8.94 billion recorded in the same period in 2024, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise of ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755681/jan-aug-gft-exports-exceed-10-billion/
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
Rubber exports hit over $387M in first 7 months
Cambodia earned over $387 million from rubber and rubberwood exports in the first seven months of 2025, marking a more than 42 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report by the General Department of Rubber. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737074/rubber-exports-hit-over-387m-in-first-7-months/
Many Cambodian garment factories face short-term closure amid US tariff uncertainty - survey
Nearly half of 203 garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) factories surveyed in Cambodia are uncertain whether they can sustain operations beyond the next three months due to unclear US tariff policies and waning buyer confidence. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-garment-factories-face-short-term-closure-amid-us-tariff-uncertainty-survey
Phnom Penh garment factory ordered to halt burning waste, polluting air
The Ministry of Environment has ordered the Xin Mei Fushi (Cambodia) Co., Ltd garment factory, located in Trapang Chrey village, Kakab II commune, in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district, to immediately cease the burning of fabric and plastic waste. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-garment-factory-ordered-to-halt-burning-waste-polluting-air
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/
Cambodia’s rubber industry expands with local latex glove production
In a bold step toward self-sufficient supply chains, a Boeung Ket rubber plantation – in Stung Trang district of Kampong Cham province – has announced plans to expand its operations by producing latex gloves for export. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-s-rubber-industry-expands-with-local-latex-glove-production
Kampong Speu factory ordered to end use of filthy furnace
Ministry of Environment officials have determined that a factory belonging to Tong Kang (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. is polluting the air around it. According to a May 23 statement from the ministry, a furnace at the factory – which produces components or shoes – has adversely ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-factory-ordered-to-end-use-of-filthy-furnace
Factory numbers up 12.5% under Manet
In the first 20 months of Prime Minister Hun Manet’s seventh-mandate government, the number of large factories in Cambodia has swelled by an eighth. The Kingdom was home to approximately 40,300 large enterprises in August 2023, when the government was formed. By April this year, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-numbers-up-12-5-under-manet
Govt temporarily remediates Color Star workers’ two-day strike after factory announces sudden relocation
About 500 workers of Color Star Cambodia Product Co Ltd in Prek Chrey village, Phnom Penh protested and blocked the road for two consecutive days after the factory announced that it is moving to a new location, about 40 kilometers away. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/govt-temporarily-remediates-color-star-workers-two-day-strike-after-factory-announces-sudden-relocation/
Compensation promised to protesting factory workers
Following mediation by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday, May 20, the Color Star (Cambodia) Product Co., Ltd. factory has pledged to provide compensation to workers who do not wish to relocate to the company’s new site. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-promised-to-protesting-factory-workers
Cambodia joins Laos in halting Thai meat, livestock imports over Anthrax scare
Cambodia has temporarily suspended livestock and meat imports from Thailand after two human anthrax cases, including one death, were confirmed there, although no cases have been reported in Cambodia. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-joins-laos-in-halting-thai-meat-livestock-imports-over-anthrax-scare/
Factory worker killed, 41 injured in Kampong Speu bus crash
A 21-year-old woman has died and 41 other workers sustained injuries in a May 7 traffic accident on National Road 44 in Kampong Speu province’s Veal Pong commune, in Oudong Me Chey town. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-worker-killed-41-injured-in-kampong-speu-bus-crash
Prime Minister orders shut down of waterway polluters
Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered the suspension of operations at any factory or enterprise that lack proper wastewater treatment systems and cause pollution to public water sources, especially near rivers and the sea. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prime-minister-orders-shut-down-of-waterway-polluters
Unions, workers call for better labor rights, higher wage amid labor day celebration
Demands for a better minimum wage and work conditions for skilled labor and informal workers were made over the week through social media platforms by union representatives, civil society organizations (CSOs) and workers in order to escape debt traps, in conjunction with the 139th International ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/unions-workers-call-for-better-labor-rights-higher-wage-amid-labor-day-celebration/
BYD assembly plant breaks ground: New EVs will roll out by November
Private sector leaders are optimistic that electric vehicle (EV) usage in Cambodia will surge, as construction of a local assembly plant of Chinese EV giant BYD (Build Your Dream) got underway. ...
Analysts confident Cambodia can diversify markets, will not be affected by US tariffs
Several government officials – and private sector representatives – have shared their belief that Cambodians should not be overly concerned about US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the Kingdom will be subject to 49% “Reciprocal Tariffs”. ...
Global Textile Summit a chance to demonstrate Cambodia’s investment potential
Sun Chanthol, first vice-chairman of The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) opened the Cambodia Global Textile Summit 2025. ...
Pailin factory fined $75,000 for repeated environmental damage
Mango processing company Cangxinlong Food (Cambodia) Co., Ltd has been fined 300 million riel (approximately $75,000) for failing to manage wastewater discharge, which polluted a public water source in Pailin province’s Stung Kach commune in Sala Krau district for the second time. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin-factory-fined-75-000-for-repeated-environmental-damage
Pailin factory pollutes water, kills fish
A fruit processing company in Pailin province’s Sala Krau district has been found responsible for discharging untreated wastewater. It has contaminated the water source for more than 40 households, with fish dying as a result of the pollutants. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin-factory-pollutes-water-kills-fish