PM Dũng arrives Thailand for MRC Summit

VGP– Attending the 1st International Summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) held in Hua Hin, Thailand, Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng on April 4 had separate meetings with the host PM, Lao PM and the World Bank Vice President.

April 04, 2010 8:01 PM GMT+7

Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (center, left) and Thai PM Abhisit (center, right), Hua Hin, Thailand, April 4, 2010 - Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

Việt Nam expects closer multifaceted cooperation with Thailand

Meeting his Thai counterpart, PM Dũng stated that Việt Nam wants to develop its friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Thailand.

The two leaders agreed that the MRC Summit and its strategies on basin development would lead to important guidelines for cooperation among countries in the time to come.

They welcomed the deeper participation of Myanmar and China in the MRC.

The PMs were unanimous in connecting the East-West corridor from Thailand to Việt Nam in order to facilitate trade and commodity circulation.

PM Abhisit pledged to fully support Việt Nam during the latter’s year of ASEAN presidency 2010 as well as to organize many activities in response to the 1000^th anniversary of Thăng Long-Hà Nội.

Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (R) and Lao PM Buasone Bouphavanh, Hua Hin, Thailand, April 4, 2010 - Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

Việt Nam, Laos strive for trade turnover of US $1 billion this year

On the sideline of the Summit, PM Dũng met Lao PM Buasone Bouphavanh.

Both PMs stressed that Việt Nam and Laos should take specific measures to increase efficiency of their cooperation and raise the two-way trade value to US $1 billion in 2010.

They also wanted to expand bilateral cooperation to the fields of common potential and urged their inferiors to speed up the implementation of the agreements reached at the recent meeting of the Inter-governmental Committee.

Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (L) receives WB Vice President James Adam, Hua Hin, Thailand, April 4, 2010 - Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

WB pledges to back Việt Nam’s public investment reform and climate change program

In the reception given to WB Vice President James Adam the same day. PM Dũng highly praised the Bank for its assistance to Việt Nam’s macro-economic policies, poverty reduction and public investment reform program.

Underlining the urgency of sea level rise in the Mekong Delta, the Vietnamese Government chief expected that the WB would further help Việt Nam in combating climate change in order to help stabilize local residents’ life and protect the granary which produces 6 million tons of rice for the world per year.

Mr. James Adam hailed Việt Nam for fruitfully using loans from the WB. He revealed that the Bank just approved a preferential loan of US $500 million to help Việt Nam’s public investment reform program.

The WB will allocate resources for Việt Nam to combat climate change and sea level rise, Mr. James Adam said.

By Hoàng Nguyên