- FILE PHOTO 20JAN96 - Former sex workers at a centre near Ho Chi Minh City are retrained to work in the country's booming garment industry. U.S. President Bill-Clinton, endorsed a code earlier this week aimed at halting sweatshop conditions at U.S. clothing and shoe factories around the world. The move came in the wake of reports of worker abuse in Asian plants making apparel for U.S. firms.