Laos launches 500-kilovolt power transmission line reaching Cambodia

VIENTIANE, Jan 7 (Xinhua): Laos has launched a 500-kilovolt power transmission line linking a power substation at a village in its southern Champasak province to the border area of Cambodia.

Lao National Radio on Thursday in a report quoted Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Thongphat Inthavong as saying at the launching ceremony on Tuesday that the project would play an important role in developing the energy sector in the Southeast Asian country, especially its ability to provide electricity to local residents and benefit economic development.