The owner of Cambodia Yellow Pages has agreed in principle to sell a 51 percent stake to the subsidiary of Malaysian technology firm CBSa Bhd. in a deal worth $2.04 million, an official at the company said Monday. according to a disclosure last week from CBSa <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysia-firm-buys-majority-in-yellow-pages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After delAying mAss production of the Angkor CAr becAuse of technicAl difficulties with stArting the engine And opening the doors, Heng Development Co. Ltd. on MondAy unveiled A new model And sAid it hAd severed ties with the Hong Kong-bAsed firm responsible for the originAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-cAr-reintroduced-without-defects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday inaugurated a new water treatment plant in eastern part of capital Phnom Penh, saying that the plant would meet the rising demand of clean water in the city. The 90 million U.S. dollar plant was invested by the listed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-inaugurates-90-mln-usd-water-treatment-plant-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 100 Banong ethic minority villagers in Mondolkiri province on Wednesday stopped and briefly apprehended a group of 11 outsiders who they say were caught illegally logging timber in the area, villagers said yesterday. The villagers say that they took it upon themselves to stop <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ethnic-banong-thwart-group-of-illegal-loggers-in-mondolkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The French Development Agency (AFD) sAid yesterdAy it is discussing An ApproximAtely 50 million euro ($65 million) loAn to extend electricity trAnsmission lines, And sAid it plAns to provide more loAns for vocAtionAl trAining in the Kingdom. “We Are discussing [the] loAn . . . thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Afd-in-tAlks-over-power-lines/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Booyoung Co., a mid-sized South Korean conglomerate, said Tuesday that it broke ground for one of the largest housing projects in Cambodia, a project Cambodia hopes to spur foreign investments. Booyoung said it will build 40 apartments and seven residential and commercial complexes on 2.7 square <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/s-koreas-booyoung-to-build-new-town-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The administrator dealing with the debts of defunct mobile operator Mfone yesterday established a committee to sell off the company’s remaining assets. Since it filed for bankruptcy in January, more than 1,000 creditors, including former staff, have claimed Mfone owes them a combined $160 million. Mfone’s remaining <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/committee-formed-to-sell-off-mfones-assets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two massive hydropower dams planned for the Mekong’s tributaries in Ratanakkiri province have been deemed economically viable by two feasibility studies conducted by a pair of giant Chinese conglomerates, a provincial industry, mines and energy official said yesterday. Despite the feasibility studies having been completed, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-hydropower-dams-deemed-economically-viable/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Duty-free agreements between regional competitors and foreign importers would put the Cambodian garment industry at risk, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said last week. Speaking to reporters after a meeting, Prasidh warned that the Kingdom’s garment sector would not be able to maintain its competitive edge over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/duty-free-agreements-worry-minister/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Toyota Cambodia unveiled plans yesterday to add second-hand vehicles to its showroom in response to consumer preference for less expensive cars and a competitive grey market full of unauthorised dealers. Kong Nuon, chairman of Toyota Cambodia, the country’s largest car dealer, said that while demand for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/32243/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Health said Thursday it would shut down a Phnom Penh health center that claims to cure diseases such as cancer and diabetes with the help of detoxifying machines, according to officials. Immanuel Bicom True Healing Center in Chamkar Mon district did not have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-to-shut-down-cancer-clinic/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 30 families in the capital’s Boeung Kak community are still waiting for official land titles six weeks after City Hall officials measured ground at the site of a years-long land dispute, villagers have said. The Phnom Penh Municipality began measuring land in villages 6, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeung-kak-awaits-justice/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Six farmers were killed on the spot and another one seriously injured after a home-made tractor ran onto an old anti-tank mine in northwestern Preah Vihear province, police chief confirmed Thursday. The accident occurred in a forest in Chom-ksan district when the tractor hit the mine <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-tank-mine-explodes-killing-6-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 170 trainees at a Chinese-backed power plant under construction in Preah Sihanouk province ended a five-day protest on Monday after securing higher wages from their employer, according to a union representative and provincial official. Khmer Workers Power Federation Union president Chey Sovann, who negotiated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/striking-power-plant-trainees-get-wage-raise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s nine phone service operators plan to establish an independent body to debate issues within the industry, according to a statement yesterday from the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). Forming the association of Telecommunications Operators in Cambodia, or the aTC for short, was agreed upon in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/telcos-to-form-association/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At leAst 11 people were murdered during domestic disputes or committed suicide After suffering domestic violence in the pAst two months, locAl rights group Adhoc sAid in A stAtement MondAy. Only two perpetrAtors were chArged in these crimes, Adhoc sAid, highlighting the lAck of lAw enforcement. “Adhoc <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Adhoc-concerned-by-deAths-relAted-to-domestic-violence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A hAndful of stores in Phnom Penh’s City MAll closed up shop yesterdAy morning, drAping lArge curtAins over their storefronts rAther thAn fAce An impending police rAid on businesses Allegedly selling pirAted movies there, police And other vendors sAid. The Aborted rAid cAme less thAn two <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/dvd-shops-close-before-rAid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia has invited resource-rich azerbaijan to help develop Cambodia’s prospective oil and gas industry, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol announced during a high-level visit to the Caucasian country on Tuesday, according to azerbaijani media reports. Mr. Chanthol laid out a goal to achieve an overall trade <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-asks-for-help-in-oil-and-gas-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) and the Insurance association of Cambodia (IaC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “a bilateral collaboration to forge a beneficial business relationship to further enhance insurance knowledge and skills development for the insurance industry in Cambodia,” said a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-insurance-institute-signs-agreement-with-cambodia-insurance-assn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

It’s day seven of the FIFa World Cup, and the night staff at Phnom Penh’s popular Score Sports Bar and Grill are looking a bit sleep-deprived. Score is paying its staff “very well” in extra wages during the World Cup for the long nights they <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/on-the-world-cup-clock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>