Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Ha Noi on June 22 for the 7^th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Summit and the 6^th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from June 22-23 to forge investment and trade connections in the region.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife left Ha Noi on June 22 for attending the 7th CLMV Summit and the 6th ACMECS in Myanmar. Photo: VNA

The PM’s participation at the events is intended to also seek stronger collaboration with regional countries in water resource protection and human resources development, raising Viet Nam ’s status and leading role in Mekong cooperation.

Through the summits, Viet Nam also hopes to reinforce affiliation with regional states as well as all-round partnerships with Myanmar .

The CLMV Summit, which was first held in 2004, is an open cooperation mechanism aiming to promote potential and advantages of CLMV and calling for support from other ASEAN countries as well as partners for the four countries.

Meanwhile, the ACMECS Summit, grouping Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, targets common and bilateral economic cooperation, to promote the advantages of the region and member countries, also to narrow the development gap.

Viet Nam officially joined the summit in 2004 during the first ACMECS ministers’ meeting, which was held in Thailand in November that year.

(Source: VNA)