Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia held the 2025 annual job fair on the morning of July 22 at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia, under the theme “Silk Road Youth Ideas: Developing Skills, Moving Toward the Future 2025.” The opening was attended by ជា កុសល, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry, and Ms. ជុង ជា, counsellor at the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, according to the Club of Cambodian Journalists.
ថាវ គួងយ៉ាវ, permanent vice president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, said its 2025 annual job fair was a starting point for deeper future cooperation and would become an important annual chamber event, connecting enterprises and jobseekers, helping businesses recruit capable employees and giving Cambodian jobseekers opportunities to develop their careers.
ថាវ គួងយ៉ាវ said excellent cooperation between China and Cambodia had helped the chamber’s businesses grow and operate over the long term in Cambodia. Its Chinese enterprise members had expanded their activities and needed more skilled employees. However, enterprises faced recruitment challenges, including a lack of channels for advertising vacancies, shortages of general workers, difficulty finding skilled staff and problems retaining employees.
ថាវ គួងយ៉ាវ added that, in the future, the chamber and its associations would discuss and call on Chinese enterprises in Cambodia to participate actively in university–enterprise cooperation, sharing knowledge and practical experience with Cambodian higher-education institutions and providing internships and training for students and people beginning their careers to help them perform their jobs more easily.
He also said the chamber would support members in creating clear and promising career-development plans for Cambodian employees, focusing on improving working conditions and the workplace environment so that Chinese enterprises would become an important employment choice for Cambodian jobseekers.
Speaking on behalf of Heng Suor, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, ជា កុសល said the ministry, through the National Employment Agency and relevant labour-market partners, had worked together to organize numerous employment events and job fairs in the capital and provinces. These lively activities brought companies and enterprises from all areas and sectors together to publicize recruitment information and skills needs, giving young people and jobseekers opportunities to attend, explore employment choices and apply for jobs they wanted.
The secretary of state described the fair as a win-win event for everyone: not only a place to publicize job opportunities, but also a bridge connecting jobseekers directly with employers and companies with recruitment needs, providing a valuable experience. He praised the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia for initiating the event.
According to the report, 50 companies offered nearly 1,000 jobs for jobseekers through the 2025 Cambodia-China annual job fair.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia was established in 1996. It is one of three Chinese associations in Cambodia and the only Chinese entrepreneurs’ association under the leadership of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia. It currently has more than 500 member enterprises operating in numerous sectors.
Over the past 30 years, the chamber and its members have actively brought experience, modern technologies and products into Cambodia, contributed to China–Cambodia trade exchanges, and played an important part in developing key Cambodian infrastructure, including roads, bridges, airports, national power stations, electricity-supply networks, solar-power generation and information technology.
By: ចិន្តា ទីទិ
