Cambodia hydro project powers up

Chinese-built dam is nation's largest, and will provide electricity to local provinces

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia - Cambodia's largest hydropower project has begun producing electricity, as the country tries to increase its energy capacity and jump-start industrial expansion.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in the northeastern province of Stung Treng. The dam is the largest and the seventh one built by China in the Southeast Asian country.