At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam(CLV) Development Triangle Area took place in the Lao southern province of Attapeuon February 29, as part of the 13th Meeting of the Joint CoordinationCommittee (JCC) on the CLV Development Triangle Area underway from February 26-March1.
The event was co-chaired by Lao Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs Thongphan Savanphet, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning andInvestment Tran Quoc Phuong, and Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry ofCommerce and Head of the CLV SOM for Cambodia Peng Sovicheat, withrepresentatives from the three countries’ ministries, agencies and authoritiesfrom 13 provinces, including Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Binh Phuocof Vietnam; Sekong, Attapeu, Salavan and Champasak of Laos; and Stung Treng,Rattanakiri, Mondul Kiri, and Kratie of Cambodia taking part.
Delegates were briefed on the outcomes of the meetings of thefour sub-committees on economy, security-foreign affairs, socio-environment,and local authorities; and activities related to the JCC. They also heardreports on the outcomes of the 13th Conference on Trade, Investmentand Tourism Promotion and the 9th CLV Youth Forum.
The meeting later considered and approved the scheduled programmeand agenda of the JCC’s 13th Meeting, along with the SOM report, andrecommendations and draft report.
In his address, Deputy Minister Phuong highlighted joint activitiesamong the three countries over the past 25 years that have contributed to their relatively higheconomic growth. National defence and security have been maintained,contributing to building a borderline of peace, stability, friendship, andmutual development.
Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese officials (Photo: VNA) However, he pointed to the slow formulation of specific policies, programmes and cooperation plansas hinderances to materialising the full collaboration potential. Thisrequires the three countries to make concerted efforts and come up with more comprehensivesolutions to make a breakthrough in regional cooperation agreements, he said.
The outcomes of the SOMmeeting will be reported to the JCC’s 13th Meeting on March 1./.
