Garment Industry Productivity Center - Cambodia

Press Release: April 29, 2010

The Cambodia Skills Development Center and Puthisastra University announce the completion of their pilot course in production management, an intensive 3-month program designed to prepare participants for immediate employment in leadership positions in the garment industry. The first graduating class is small, but their achievement is significant: 8 had commitments for employment before the end of the program and to date 4 companies have contacted CASDEC about recruitment.

The US will end tariff reduction on import of Cambodian garment
Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:56 PM PST
US Ambassador Carol Rodley gave an interview at the Meng Ieng garment factory on 28 January 2010 (Photo: Den Ayuthyea, RFA)

29 January 2010
By Den Ayuthyea
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Carol Rodley, the US ambassador to Cambodia, indicated that, due to worldwide economic problems, the US will no longer reduce import tariff on garments manufactured in the Cambodia.