CLV youth forum issues joint statement

Delegates to the CLV Triangle Development Area’s Youth Forum signed the forum’s Joint Statement at the end of their one-day meeting in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on December 17.
CLV youth forum issues joint statement ảnh 1Scene at the signing of the CLV Triangle Development Area’s Youth Forum's Joint Statement (Photo: VNA)

Binh Phuoc (VNA) – Delegates to the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam(CLV) Triangle Development Area’s Youth Forum signed the forum’s JointStatement at the end of their one-day meeting in the southern province of BinhPhuoc on December 17.

Key contents of the document included educating youngergenerations about the friendship and solidarity among the three countries,boosting cooperation among young businesses and entrepreneurs, and encouraginglocal youths to start their own businesses for sustainable development.

The statement also highlighted the sharing of experience,introduction of successful business models and development of voluntary forcesfor community social security, among others.

According to the document, a youth centre will be developedin the CLV Development Triangle Area to provide training and a venue forcultural exchange and voluntary activities for regional young people.

The forum was held as part of the CLV Development TriangleArea Joint Coordination Committee’s 11th meeting, which runs fromDecember 15 to 19.

The CLV Development Triangle Area was established in 1999,covering 13 provinces, including four from Cambodia, four from Laos and fivefrom Vietnam.-VNA
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