PHNOM PENH, Sept 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, set a new monthly minimum wage for the country’s garment, footwear and travel goods industry, at 208 U.S. dollars for 2025, up 1.96 percent from the current 204 dollars, Labour and Vocational Training Minister, Heng Sour, said.
His remarks came, after the National Council for Minimum Wage voted on a monthly minimum wage of 206 dollars for next year, which was then upped an additional two dollars by Prime Minister, Hun Manet.
“This new minimum wage for garment, footwear and travel goods factory workers will take effect from Jan 1, 2025 onwards,” Heng Sour, said.
Besides the monthly minimum wage, the workers will also receive other monthly fringe benefits, including an extra 10 dollars per month for regular attendance and an extra seven dollars per month, for transportation and rent, he added.
The garment, footwear and travel goods sector, the kingdom’s largest foreign currency earner, consists of about 1,538 factories and branches with approximately 913,000 workers, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
The nation exported these products worth 6.24 billion U.S. dollars, during the Jan-Jun period of this year, up 16.4 percent from 5.36 billion dollars over the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise.– NNN-AKP
