PM to attend 2nd Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Summit Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the second Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit set to take place on January 10 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc PM Phuc’s attendance at the event is made at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. The MLC is a sub-regional cooperation mechanism jointly established in 2016 by six countries along the Mekong River, namely Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. A broad range of exchange activities among political parties, officials, youth and religious groups have been launched since then.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (rightmost) at the Summit The Vietnamese Government leader made the statement in Vientiane, Laoson September 7 while attending the 8th Mekong-Japan Summit on thesidelines of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings.The PM spoke highly of achievements reached in the implementation of the“Tokyo Strategy 2015” and the “Mekong-Japan Connectivity Initiative”while stressing the need to prioritise the realisation of importantcontents of Mekong-Japan cooperation.He suggested the Japanese Government assist the Mekong countries inbuilding new roads along economic corridors, especially theVientiane-Hanoi Expressway, which will be an important trade route notonly connecting the two capital cities of…... [read more]
The Prime Minister expressedhis concurrence with other leaders’ views showed in the 2015 TokyoStrategy on Mekong-Japan cooperation, which guides affiliation towardsensuring regional stability and qualitative growth. According to the Vietnamese leader, there are three major points thatwill help the state members realise their robust growth targets,including solid economic foundation, the balance between economic gainsand environmental protection, and a peaceful environment and stabilityfor development. He highlighted recent developments inthe East Sea with large-scale construction of artificial reef islandsthat violates international law, the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), reduces mutual trust and raises tensionacross the region. He…... [read more]
Those in attendance included US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean Republic President Park Geun-hye, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.This is the 9th year ASEAN and leaders of major Asian Pacific countries have conducted an annual dialogue on strategic issues as the East Asia Summit’s mechanism has become an important integral part of the shaping regional structure in which ASEAN plays a crucial role in consolidating confidence and maintaining peace and security in the region.Addressing the meeting, PM Dung said despite remarkable…... [read more]
PM urges stronger agricultural cooperation at ACMECS SummitThe Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for Ayeyawadi-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) member countries to focus more on agriculture as one of the priorities for sustainable economic development. Speaking at the sixth ACMECS Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on June 23, Dung said the highly-potential agricultural sector absorbs lots of labor in ACMECS countries. The group should support member countries to enhance labor productivity by attracting investment, expanding production and applying modern technology. He was quoted by the Government portal chinhphu.vn as saying…... [read more]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the proposal while receiving his Malaysian counterpart Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak in Hanoi on April 8. He welcomed Mr Razak to the ongoing 16th ASEAN summit in Hanoi and said Vietnam will work closely with Malaysia to bring bilateral relations to new heights for mutual benefit and common development. Cooperative ties between Vietnam and Malaysia have fared well in all areas, from politics and diplomacy to economics, trade, investment, security, national defence, education-training and labour, said Mr Dung. He went on to say that two-way trade last year reached US$4 billion and Malaysia is…... [read more]
