Minister of Environment Say Samal on March 13 encouraged the garment and other textile-related industries to step up clean-energy and green efforts to better position the Kingdom to meet key government greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation commitments, as a prominent EU-backed programme registers a record-breaking 50th energy audit.
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and authorities in Koh Kong province on March 10 declared Koh Sdech commune in Kiri Sakor district mine-free.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has advised two ministries to provide financial support, starting from April, to workers in the textile-related sectors who were suspended from work or whose factories were shut down. He also allowed relevant ministries to increase cash for pregnant women and child under 2 for them to receive adequate nutrition.