Cambodia: solid growth for garment industry

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) published its second issue of the Cambodia Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin last week and found that Cambodia's garment and footwear industry, which is still the backbone of the country's economy, experienced a "solid" first half of 2015: Its export value grew by 12.7 percent to 3 billion US dollars between the first half of 2014 and the first half of 2015, employment rose by 10.2 percent and real wages increased by 19 percent in the same time period.