VN to host GMS-6, CLV-10 next week

Logo of  the sixth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS-6) Summit

With the theme “Leveraging 25 years of cooperation, Building an integrated, sustainable and prosperous GMS”, the GMS-6 is expected to attract around 2,000 delegates and more than 1,000 representatives from Vietnamese and international businesses.

It aims to celebrate the 25th founding anniversary of the GMS Programme and define cooperation orientations to build a region of prosperity, integration and sustainable development.

The GMS was established in 1992 as an initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), involving Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.

The CLV-10 aims to review the implementation of the Master Plan for Socio-Economic Development of the CLV Development Triangle Area for 2010-2020, discuss cooperation orientations in the time to come, and seek ways to enhance the trilateral economic connectivity.

The CLV Development Triangle Area, established in 1999, included Viet Nam’s Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong provinces; Laos’ Sekong, Attapeu and Saravan provinces; and Cambodia’s Stung Treng, Rattanak Kiri, and Mondul Kiri. In 2009, the three countries agreed to add Viet Nam’s Binh Phuocprovince, Cambodia’s Kratie province, and Laos’ Champasak province to the area.

By Thuy Dung