AK Phnom Penh, March 31, 2025 --

Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Sun Chanthol has outlined areas that make Cambodia highly competitive in the region and a worthy investment destination.

The DPM, who also serves as First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), shared the highlights when presiding over the Cambodia Global Textile Summit 2025, themed Shaping the Future: Competitiveness and Sustainability, on Mar. 31.

Cambodia has set out solid policies to promote vocational skill training, a high-value workforce, sustainable economic diversification, and digital transformation in both public and private institutions, he said.

H.E. Sun Chanthol added that the government also focused on mechanisms to prepare for future opportunities in line with the global economic transformation by strengthening the capacity of the textile and garment sector, especially toward the country’s graduation from the United Nations’ Least Developed Countries category.

Along those lines, he added, the summit plays a key role as a platform for building relationships among participating government bodies, development partners, and the private sector to ensure that Cambodia’s textile and garment sector is competitive, sustainable, and inclusive.

The summit was organised by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in collaboration with the Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia or TAFTAC; the Better Factories Cambodia programme of the International Labour Organisation; the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia; and the German international cooperation agency GIZ.

By Chea Vannak