Vientiane (VNA) – Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on December 9 chaired the virtual11th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Summit on Development Triangle Area (CLV-11).
Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc led the Vietnamese delegation attending the event.
The summit reviewedprogress and results of the actions taken in the recent time, particularly the implementationof the Joint Declaration of the CLV-10, the master plan for socio-economicdevelopment, the Action Plan for CLV Economic Connectivity up to 2030, and the Agreementon Trade Promotion and Facilitation for the CLV Development Triangle Area.
Delegates agreed thaton the foundation of friendship, solidarity, neighbourliness,mutual understanding and trust, and long-standing comprehensive collaboration,cooperation in the CLV Development Triangle Area has been bolstered, greatlycontributing to socio-economic development, poverty reduction and regionalconnectivity.
It has also promotedexchanges between the parliaments, governments, organisations and peoples ofthe three nations via extensive cooperation in transport, telecommunication,energy, trade, investment, industry, finance-banking, agriculture, tourism,health care, culture, labour, education, environment and science and technology.
The joint statement ofthe CLV-11 was approved at the summit, which serves as a foundation for thebuilding of the socio-economic development plan until 2030, along with thesustainable development of the rubber industry and the development of tourismplans, aiming to improve people’s lives and truly benefit the region.
The next CLV Summit willbe held in 2022 under the chair of Cambodia./.