Phnom Penh: Mr. Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, was invited to be a speaker to present “Strategies to Promote the Labor Market and Support Cambodian Migrants Abroad” at the capacity building course for senior diplomatic officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the morning of July 16, 2026 at the National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations to contribute to promoting new knowledge related to the labor sector before going on diplomatic missions at Cambodian missions abroad.
On that occasion, the Minister highlighted that labor migration is a long-standing and increasingly common phenomenon, especially in the era of globalization and regional and global economic integration. Labor migration is a driving force and an important strategy that has contributed to promoting socio-economic development, ensuring sustainable economic growth and developing human resources more efficiently and productively. In addition, labor migration is also a trade in services, which is part of economic diplomacy that countries use to expand labor markets, develop human resources, promote skills exchange, and increase national economic benefits. Promoting labor migration depends on international cooperation through economic diplomacy and relevant international legal frameworks such as the Vienna Convention, the WTO framework and ILO standards.
He highlighted the important role of labor migrants in contributing significantly to economic growth. Through large remittances into the country. He also emphasized the high attention of the Royal Government to Cambodian migrants abroad by strengthening the implementation of legal documents and mechanisms for managing the selection, training and sending of migrants to work abroad. Cambodia also has a strong foundation in protecting the rights and interests of its migrants, including laws, sub-decrees, proclamations, national policies, international instruments, memorandums of understanding, agreements with international organizations, partners, brand owners and recipient countries, etc. Overseas labor migration is a job opportunity and an additional option to the job opportunities and job choices available in the country.
The Minister stated that sending Cambodian labor migrants to work abroad through legal mechanisms not only helps create job opportunities, increase income, and improve family livelihoods But also contribute to the transfer of technical skills, work experience and new knowledge and return to participate in the development of Cambodia’s socio-economic development by creating their own jobs from their savings.
The Minister encouraged all senior officials who have gone on diplomatic missions to continue to pay attention to providing protection to Cambodian migrant workers. And increase close cooperation with countries with good working conditions and high wages to open up job opportunities for Cambodians to have more job options.
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