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Cambodian migrant workers transfer back home over 2 billion US dollars a year

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Cambodia has sent 1.2 millions workers to work in six countries, including Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and the Hong Kong. Those migrant workers have transferred about US $ 2 billion a year, according to Ith Sam Heng, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training.


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By Meng Phalla, Sopharany Hay

Source: SBS




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Cambodia has sent 1.2 millions workers to work in six countries, including Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and the Hong Kong. Those migrant workers have transferred about US $ 2 billion a year, according to Ith Sam Heng, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training.



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