Vietnam attends CLMV Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Indonesia
Jakarta (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade
Nguyen Hong Dien attended the 15th Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar - Vietnam Economic
Ministers' Meeting (CLMV EMM 15) in Semarang city, Indonesia on
August 18.
The event was part of the 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Meeting (AEM 55) and related meetings from August 17-22.
Speaking at the event, Minister Dien thanked Cambodia,
Laos and Myanmar for actively joining
activities hosted by Vietnam during 2022 and the past
months of 2023, including the Vietnam Expo, the Vietnam Foodexpo, fairs held in Laos and Cambodia, and scholarships granted by Vietnam.
Regarding the CLMV Action Plan for the
2023-2024 period, the Vietnamese delegation committed further support to stalls of Cambodia, Laos and
Myanmar at major international fairs and exhibitions organised by Vietnam, he said, adding scholarship programmes for students from Cambodia, Laos, and
Myanmar will also continue.
The Vietnamese side proposed that the CLMV countries enhance cooperation
to facilitate trade, remove barriers to lift trade volume among regional
countries. They were urged to offer mutual
support to effectively implement the Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs) of
which they are members, contributing to strengthening regional supply chains
and supporting the development of the business community.
Delegates at
the event discussed reports on the economic, trade, and
investment situations of the four countries, the completion of the CLMV
Action Plan for the 2021-2022 period, the progress of the CLMV Action Plan for the 2023-2024
period, as well as updates on the implementation of the Action Plan for the CLMV
Development Framework and a project regarding the workshop on the socialisation of the implementation of the Action Plan for CLMV Development
Framework, and other important issues.
A joint statement was also adopted at the event.
Initiated by Vietnam, the CLMV EMM mechanism was established in August 2010 with
an aim to further nurture economic
and trade relations among the CLMV countries, and closer coordination at regional, sub-regional, and international
forums; fully leverage the
potential of each country, narrow the development gap between the four CLMV
nations and the rest of the ASEAN region and the world; and expedite the
implementation of agreements reached at the CLMV Summits./.