Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) will attend the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from April 4-5 at the invitation of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen (R) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the third Mekong RiverCommission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from April 4-5 at theinvitation of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.
The event, themed “Joint Efforts and Partnershiptowards Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Mekong”, willcreate an opportunity for countries to review the operation of the MRC over thepast four years and work to realise sustainable development goals.
[PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc to attend Mekong River Commission Summit]
Vietnam has actively participated in regionaland international organisations such as the MRC, the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, the United Nations (UN), the World WaterForum (WWF), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the International Rivers(IR) as well as enhanced cooperation with department partners such as the WorldBank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to enhance effective managementof water resources in the Mekong River.
Vietnam hosted the second MRC in Ho Chi MinhCity in April 2014. In 2015, the country held a panel discussion on watersecurity within the framework of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly(IPU-132) in March and an international workshop calling for joint actions inwater resources management as part of the Asia-Europe Meeting in June thatyear.
Within the MRC framework, Vietnam has work withmember countries to push the MRC Joint Committee to issue a statement on priorconsultation for the Pak Beng hydropower project, calling on the Laosgovernment to step up measures to mitigate the cross-border impacts of theproject.
With the support of Lao and Cambodian experts,Vietnam completed a study on the impacts of Mekong mainstream hydropower on theMekong Delta in 2015 and joint research on sustainable development andmanagement of the Mekong River basin in 2017.
In April 2014, Vietnam became the 35th member ofthe 1997 UN Convention on Non-Navigation Uses of International Watercourses.Vietnam was the first country in the MRC to join the convention, which cameinto force in August 2014.
Vietnam is persuading other ASEAN member nationsto join the convention to strengthen legal mechanisms to facilitate themanagement and sustainable development of water resources in the Mekong River.
The country has also promoted the protection andeffective use of water resources in regional cooperation mechanisms such as theGreater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), the US Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), theMekong-Japan Cooperation (MJ), the Mekong-Korea Cooperation and theMekong-Lancang Cooperation.
The 4,800km-long Mekong River flows through China,Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin spreads over 795,000square kilometres with 65 million people in the four countries of Cambodia,Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Mekong Committee was established in 1956under the auspices of the UN to coordinate aid and manage resources in theriver basin. In 1995, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam signed an Agreementon the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River and setup the MRC as a replacement for the Mekong Committee.
The MRC holds its summit every four years,starting from 2010. The first MRC summit was heldin Hua Hin, Thailand in 2010 and the second one took place in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam in 2014.-VNA
Vietnam has actively participated in regionaland international organisations such as the MRC, the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, the United Nations (UN), the World WaterForum (WWF), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the International Rivers(IR) as well as enhanced cooperation with department partners such as the WorldBank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to enhance effective managementof water resources in the Mekong River.
Vietnam hosted the second MRC in Ho Chi MinhCity in April 2014. In 2015, the country held a panel discussion on watersecurity within the framework of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly(IPU-132) in March and an international workshop calling for joint actions inwater resources management as part of the Asia-Europe Meeting in June thatyear.
Within the MRC framework, Vietnam has work withmember countries to push the MRC Joint Committee to issue a statement on priorconsultation for the Pak Beng hydropower project, calling on the Laosgovernment to step up measures to mitigate the cross-border impacts of theproject.
With the support of Lao and Cambodian experts,Vietnam completed a study on the impacts of Mekong mainstream hydropower on theMekong Delta in 2015 and joint research on sustainable development andmanagement of the Mekong River basin in 2017.
In April 2014, Vietnam became the 35th member ofthe 1997 UN Convention on Non-Navigation Uses of International Watercourses.Vietnam was the first country in the MRC to join the convention, which cameinto force in August 2014.
Vietnam is persuading other ASEAN member nationsto join the convention to strengthen legal mechanisms to facilitate themanagement and sustainable development of water resources in the Mekong River.
The country has also promoted the protection andeffective use of water resources in regional cooperation mechanisms such as theGreater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), the US Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), theMekong-Japan Cooperation (MJ), the Mekong-Korea Cooperation and theMekong-Lancang Cooperation.
The 4,800km-long Mekong River flows through China,Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its basin spreads over 795,000square kilometres with 65 million people in the four countries of Cambodia,Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Mekong Committee was established in 1956under the auspices of the UN to coordinate aid and manage resources in theriver basin. In 1995, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam signed an Agreementon the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River and setup the MRC as a replacement for the Mekong Committee.
The MRC holds its summit every four years,starting from 2010. The first MRC summit was heldin Hua Hin, Thailand in 2010 and the second one took place in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam in 2014.-VNA
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