Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamesedelegation to attend the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in SiemReap, Cambodia on April 4-5.
Theattendance will come at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen.
The4.800km - long Mekong River flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin spreads over 795.000 square kilometers with 65million people in the four countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
Theattendance will come at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen.
The4.800km - long Mekong River flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin spreads over 795.000 square kilometers with 65million people in the four countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Mekong Committee was established in 1956 under the auspicesof the United Nations to coordinate aid and manage resources in the river basin.
In 1995, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam signed an Agreement on theCooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River and set up theMekong River Commission (MRC) as a replacement for the Mekong Committee.
The MRC decided to hold its summit every four years, starting from 2010.
In 1995, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam signed an Agreement on theCooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River and set up theMekong River Commission (MRC) as a replacement for the Mekong Committee.
The MRC decided to hold its summit every four years, starting from 2010.
The first MRC summit took place in Hua Hin, Thailand in April2010 while the second was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in April 2014.
The thirdMRC Summit is themed “Joint Efforts and Partnership towards Achievement of theSustainable Development Goals in the Mekong”.-VNA
The thirdMRC Summit is themed “Joint Efforts and Partnership towards Achievement of theSustainable Development Goals in the Mekong”.-VNA
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