Tokyo (VNA) - The 13th Mekong - JapanMinisterial Meeting will be held online on July 9, the Japanese ForeignMinistry said on July 8.
The meeting will be co-chaired by Vietnamese DeputyPrime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Minister forForeign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi.
According to a press release from the Japanese ministry,ministers will discuss cooperation between Japan and five Mekong sub-regionalcountries in health care, including issues related to infectious diseases, and the strengthening of Japan-Mekong economicrelations once COVID-19 is overcome.
It said Japan and the Mekong sub-regional countries of Cambodia, Laos,Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam are working towards the three goals of realisingthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), building a free and openIndo-Pacific, and coordinating with the Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong EconomicCooperation Strategy, based on the three pillars of the Tokyo Strategy 2018 forMekong - Japan Cooperation, which was adopted at the Mekong - Japan Summit inTokyo in 2018./.
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