VIETNAM CHAIRS GMS AND CLV SUMMITS

The 11th meeting of the CLV Development
Triangle Area was declared a success in Vietnam’s
southern province of Binh Phuoc on December 19
Photo: VNA

Vietnam will host the sixth Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Summit in Hanoi from March 29-31.

These are important multilateral diplomatic activities of Vietnam in 2018, announced Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on March 1.

On the occasion, Vietnam will also organise the first GMS Business Forum with a view to facilitating the involvement of the business community and development partners in GMS cooperation, she added.

GMS cooperation was initiated in 1992, encompassing Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and China’s provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan. Over the years, the cooperation has been expanded to cover various fields with the aim of make it easy for cooperation for development among the participating countries.

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