Kampong Cham (FN), March 14 - Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his great pride in seeing the Cambodian people cooperated together to construct the first own-built bridge across Mekong River in Kampong Cham province at a cost of $13 million.

His statement was made at Kompong Cham-Koh Pen Bridge Inauguration Ceremony on Wednesday morning.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that this bridge reflected the equitable distribution of Cambodia’s economic growth and in accordance with the Royal Government's policy, including water, electricity, roads and human resources.

He added that Cambodia has many bridges across the country, but those were built by foreign companies.

"This is the first river bridge that Cambodia has constructed, and we will build more large bridges in the future,” he stated.

He announced that Cambodia is capable of building bridges by ourselves, not only depend on foreign aid.
=FRESH NEWS