Viet Nam will organise the 6^th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS-6) Summit and the 10^th Cambodia-Laos-Viet Nam (CLV-10) Development Triangle Summit in Ha Noi from 29-31March.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy (Source: VNA)

The information was announced by the Foreign Ministry.

The sixth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS-6) Summit and the 10^th Cambodia-Laos-Viet Nam (CLV-10) Development Triangle Summit are among the most important multilateral external events to be hosted by Viet Nam in 2018.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy stressed at a press conference on 15 March that the summits will feature the relations between Viet Nam and its neighbouring countries.

Themed “Leveraging 25 years of cooperation, Building an integrated, sustainable and prosperous GMS”, the GMS-6 is expected to draw about 2,000 delegates and 150 reporters.

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.

For the first time, a business forum will be held within the framework of the GMS-6 as an initiative of host Viet Nam, with a view to increasing dialogues between States and businesses and forging links between regional and global enterprises.

Meanwhile, the CLV-10 is meant to review the implementation of the Master Plan for Socio-Economic Development of the CLV Development Triangle Area for 2010-2020 and discuss cooperation orientations in the coming time, especially seeking to increase the trilateral economic connectivity.

GMS was established in 1992 as an initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The GMS Programme is the most complete cooperation programme that involves Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. Priority fields include infrastructure development, energy, telecommunications, tourism, trade-investment, human resources, and the environment.

Meanwhile, the CLV Development Triangle Area was established in 1999, covering 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 Phuoc province, Cambodia’s Kratie province, and Laos’ Champasak province to the area. Its cooperation focuses on the fields of security, external affairs, transport, industry, agriculture, trade, investment and environmental protection.

(Source: VNA)