Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – World Bank (WB) Group annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia, and his visit to the archipelago nation on October 11 and 12 reaped fruitful outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung said.
Vietnam has participated proactively and made significant contributions to the Mekong-Japan cooperation mechanism, which was set up ten years ago by Japan and five Mekong nations of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Scientists, experts and policymakers from the Republic of Korea and Mekong nations of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam gathered at the RoK-Mekong Peace Forum held in Hanoi on May 10.
Myanmar Vice President Nyan Tun stressed the strategic role of the Greater Mekong Sub-region Economic Cooperation Programme in the economic component of ASEAN during the GMS Ministerial Conference.
The Japanese government is planning to set up a taskforce to promote the
export of medical technologies and services to five Mekong basin
countries in Southeast Asia.
The expansion of cooperation between Japan and the five Mekong nations
in infrastructure development, logistics and distribution in Southeast
Asia topped the agenda of a forum in Tokyo on Dec. 14.
Vietnam is always a reliable partner and an active member in promoting
cooperation between Mekong River countries and Japan as well as ties between
ASEAN and Japan, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.
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