(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is attending the 9th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS 9), the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit, and the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area Summit. His attendance shows Vietnam’s responsibility in connecting members and initiating measures to improve cooperation in the future.
 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the online Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit. (Photo: VGP) |
The online summits will review cooperative mechanisms over the past 2 years and discuss measures to enhance cooperation in the future. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will deliver a speech at each summit, confirming the importance of cooperative mechanisms in narrowing development gaps and ASEAN Community building.
Promoting regional cooperation
The Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy is a cooperative mechanism between Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam to exploit the comparative advantages of each member, improve their competitiveness, and narrow development gaps.
Themed “Partnership for Connectivity and Resilience”, ACMES 9 seeks cooperation to maintain peace and stability in the region and promote development collaboration after the coronavirus pandemic.
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ACMECS 9 online Summit from Vietnam
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The 10th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit, held under the theme “Enhancing effective connectivity for regional integration,” will chart the future direction of CLMV cooperation, taking into consideration the global health crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and a recovery plan.
The 11th Cambodia-Laos-Viet Nam (CLV) Development Triangle Area Summit will discuss the future direction of the three countries’ political, economic and social cooperation, particularly economic development, trade, investment, infrastructure, environment, culture, human resource development, health, and transnational crimes.
At the previous CLV Summit 2 years ago in Vietnam, the leaders of the three countries adopted an action plan to connect the three economies until 2030 and make the area a growth driver of ASEAN.
 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith |
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said: “The Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle has met the aspirations and needs of the three countries in socio-economic development living condition improvement. Infrastructure and regulations have been revised to ensure people have access to resources, education, healthcare, telecommunications, and other services. These results are thanks to mutual support and mutual assistance between the people of the three countries.”
A responsible member
Since Vietnam joined ACMECS in November, 2004, it has proposed and implemented initiatives, been involved in building key documents, and supported other members in human resource and infrastructure development.
Vietnam has worked with the other members to review and develop CLV Development Triangle Planning until 2020, build a group website in Vietnamese, Laotian, Khmer, and English, and help Laos and Cambodia build key cross-border roads, markets, and checkpoints. Vietnamese businesses have invested in 100 projects in the Development Triangle Area.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said: “We’re determined to build a dynamic, prosperous, resilient, and inclusive Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle. The three countries’ Prime Ministers have done their best to enhance the traditional relationship of the three nations.”
CLMV countries have hailed Vietnam’s role in soft infrastructure connection. Viettel’s telecommunication projects have connected the telecommunication systems of the 4 countries, particularly its CLMV free roaming program, e-government building, and digital capacity building for economic digitization.