Southeast Asia'S Textile And Clothing Industry Is The Hardest Hit Of Unemployment.

According to the ILO study, over the next twenty years, more than half of the staff members of five Southeast Asian countries are facing high risks of unemployment, especially those in the clothing industry.

Research shows that Kampuchea, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam face about 137 million unemployed workers, who occupy 56% of the workforce in these countries.

It is the hub of several manufacturing industries, such as textile, clothing, automobile and hard disk drives.

Its population exceeds 630 million.

In Southeast Asia, 9 million people are engaged in textiles.

And footwear industry.

Among Indonesian workers, the high risk of unemployment due to automation is 64%, Vietnam is 86%, and Kampuchea is 88%.

Orders for Kampuchea's clothing industry mainly come from retailers like Adidas, Marsha and WAL-MART, while Kampuchea employs about 600 thousand people.

Deborah France- Massin of the International Labour Organization says, "low pay."

Competitive countries need to re position themselves.

Price advantage is far from enough.

The organization's report says staff must be trained to improve their efficiency when working with digital equipment.

Because of the new free trade agreement with some major markets, such as the US led p Pacific Partnership, Vietnam's footwear and textile industries are attracting record investments.

Vietnam has become the second largest supplier of clothing to the United States, second only to China.

The ILO said that 3D printing, wearable technology, nanotechnology and robotics automation will adversely affect these industries.

The agency pointed out that "the ability of robots to work on the production line and the ability to cooperate with humans is becoming stronger and stronger, and prices have also become cheaper."

Textile, clothing and footwear industry are among the five most vulnerable to automation.

Other industries include automotive and spare parts, electronic and electrical, business process outsourcing and retailing.

In the automotive and auto parts industry, more than 60% of Indonesian workers are faced with the risk of unemployment.

In Thailand, this proportion exceeds 70%.

The report said that in 2015, the scale of auto industry in Southeast Asia ranked seventh in the world, employing over 800 thousand employees.

Thailand, known as "Detroit of Southeast Asia", is a regional hub for the world's top auto manufacturers to provide production and export services.

The automotive industry accounts for about 10% of GDP in the country and employs 10% of the country's manufacturing sector.