Friday, 6 July 2018

VIETNAM HELPS PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MEKONG SUB-REGION

Contributions Vietnam made to the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS 8) and 9th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit (CLMV 9) once again affirm its sense of responsibility for and activeness in joining regional cooperation frameworks, thus helping promote comprehensive and sustainable development in the Mekong Sub-region.

The statement was made by Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in reply to reporters’ queries on the outcomes of the two summits and Vietnam’s contributions to the events.

According to Deputy FM Son, as the host of ACMECS 7 and CLMV 8 in 2016, Vietnam made proposals on the reform of the two mechanisms in order to raise their effectiveness. Vietnam’s proposals served as a foundation for the main outcomes of these summits: ACMECS Master Plan for the 2019-2023 period and the involvement of businesses and development partners. In the past two years, Vietnam actively participated in making new initiatives to carry out the outcomes of ACMECS 7 and CLMV 8 and contributed ideas to documents of the ACMECS 8 and CLMV 9.

Vietnamese ministries and sectors organised a string of activities within the framework of the two cooperative mechanisms such as international tourism fairs, annual trade fairs or transport projects. He said that speeches and proposals on cooperative orientations of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the events won high praise from participating countries as they were close to real demand and may bring about benefits to countries.

PM Phuc took the occasion to announce that Vietnam will maintain technical assistance for Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, help the countries attend and organise big trade fairs in Vietnam, and continue to provide CLMV scholarships for Cambodian, Lao and Myanmar students, Son stated. He added that representatives from Vietnam’s leading enterprises such as FPT, Vietjet, BRG, T&T and start-up ones actively took part in discussions at the ACMECS CEO Forum and a dialogue with ACMECS country leaders.

Read full article at Nhan Dan: http://en.nhandan.org.vn/politics/item/6286202-vietnam-helps-promote-sustainable-development-in-mekong-sub-region.html

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