Chinese-aided National Road Inaugurated in NE Cambodia

Cambodia inaugurated a Chinese-funded stretch of National Road No. 7 on February 7， which connects rural and urban areas in Kratie Province.

Linking Kratie provincial town and Sambour district， the 93.5-km-long and 11-meter-wide oad was built by the Shanghai Construction Group under the grant aid from the Chinese government， and it took 24 months to be completed.

Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian presided over the inauguration ceremony.

Hun Sen said the construction had been made after the road had been devastated by floods in past years and that the road would greatly contribute to improving the livelihoods of local people.