Pak Beng is a district (muang) of Oudomxay province in northwestern Laos.
[1] Seven kilometres upstream of Pak Beng is where the proposed Pak Beng Dam is to be sited.
The 912 megawatt project is the northernmost of a proposed 11 dams on the lower Mekong River.
Ninety percent of the electricity generated is to be sold to Thailand.
This Laotian location article is a stub.