While Cambodia is on the path toward a digital economy and is integrating into the global fourth industrial revolution, its labor market still faces issues of skills shortages and gaps in meeting the demands of the business sector. With increasing labor costs and a low degree of diversification, Cambodia may soon lose out to competition from neighboring countries. As a means to address the skill gaps especially on soft skills, this paper proposes a youth up-skill project-based learning project to be integrated into the higher education curriculum to enhance or replace the requisite ‘major assignment.’