HA NOI — More than US$2 million has been earmarked for human resource development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), following the annual meeting of the Mekong Institute Governing Council in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported yesterday.
The money will be used to finance more than 50 capacity – building projects, focusing on four areas: trade and investment facilitation, effective regional co-operation, public reform and good governance, and project management in GMS countries, namely Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and China, according to a statement issued by the Mekong Institute.
Council members also deliberated about how the institute can play a bigger role in accelerating sustainable economic, social development and poverty alleviation in the GMS, and promote regional co-operation and integration, said the newspaper.
The Mekong Institute is an inter-government organisation working in GMS countries to provide capacity building activities for government officials, members of private enterprises and civil society involved in the development of the sub-region. — XINHUA/VNS
Source: Vietnam News
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