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CLV vote for stronger cooperation

VGP - Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and his Lao and Cambodian counterparts reaffirmed their strong determination to speed up cooperation for further political stability, security and socio-economic development, according to a joint statement.

November 16, 2010 6:29 PM GMT+7

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (L), Cambodian PM Hun Sen (center) and Lao PM Bouasone Bouphavanh (R) sign a joint statement, Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

The statement was released this morning as the outcome of the 6th Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam (CLV) Summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

PM Dũng called for more effective coordination and more national-level priorities to improve infrastructure, the key to create breakthroughs in such a slow developing area.

The 6th Cambodia-Laos-Việt Nam Summit Phnom Penh, November 16, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

The PMs adopted the Planning Scheme of the triangle until 2020, which was drafted by Việt Nam.

The leaders also witnessed the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (amended) on preferential policies for the triangle.

The initiative of CLV Economic Triangle was introduced in October 1999 in Laos to enhance solidity and cooperation for socio-economic development in the common border area of the three countries while maintaining stability and security there.

At first, the triangle included 10 border provinces but it was expanded to 13.

By Hải Minh