Source: AKP
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen received here yesterday afternoon at the Peace Palace visiting Mr. Zhang Tingke, Vice President of China Huaneng Group that has been investing in Lower Sesan II hydropower dam construction project in Stung Treng province.
According to H.E. Kao Kim Hourn, Delegate Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, Mr. Zhang Tingke noted larger investment possibilities in Cambodia, and informed the Cambodian premier of the progress in Lower Sesan II dam construction.
The 400-megawatt project is a joint venture between China Huaneng Group and Cambodia’s Royal Group.
Mr. Zhang Tingke said this hydropower dam is expected to operate in October next year and the company is committed to settle the existing impacts on local people. He underlined that the success of this project is inseparable from the support of Samdech Techo Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
For his part, Samdech Techo Hun Sen congratulated the project’s progress and expressed his appreciation for the company’s contribution in the energy sector in Cambodia.