Covid-19 hammers garment industries in Cambodia, Vietnam

Cambodian workers exit their factory as they take a lunch break in Phnom Penh on Monday (March 2). Cambodia's multi-billion-dollar garment industry is at risk of chain disruption from the Covid-19 outbreak and the country is already feeling the sting with its US$7bil garment sector reliant on China for 60% of its raw materials. - AFP

LANG SON (Vietnam): Cambodia's multi-billion-dollar garment industry is at risk of chain disruption from the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, its strongman premier said on Monday (Mrach 2), as the outbreak cripples South-East Asia's key industries, bringing border trade to a trickle.

The death toll from the virus, which emerged from Wuhan in central China, has reached over 3,000 worldwide -- the bulk of the fatalities in the mainland.