Prime Minister proposes 3 cooperation priorities for the 6 Mekong - Lancang countries to grow strongly

For the six Mekong - Lancang countries to rise strongly, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed building a modern and developed region; green, sustainable and inclusive; peaceful and cooperative.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed three cooperation priorities for the six Mekong - Lancang countries to rise strongly - Photo: VGP

On the afternoon of December 25, the 4th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Summit with the theme of Joining hands to build a community with a shared future and modernization among the Mekong-Lancang countries was held online. The conference was attended by the Prime Ministers and heads of delegations from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, China and Vietnam. These are the countries through which the Mekong-Lancang River flows. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered an important speech at the conference. The conference focused on evaluating the results of Mekong-Lancang cooperation over the past three years and discussing directions for the coming period. The leaders emphasized the important contributions of the MLC to peace, cooperation and development in the Mekong sub-region and the region, and affirmed to continue to coordinate closely and together build a community with a shared future of peace and prosperity among the Mekong-Lancang countries. At the end of the conference, the leaders adopted the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration, the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Action Plan for the 2023-2027 period and the Mekong-Lancang Innovation Corridor Initiative.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation has become an important mechanism connecting Mekong countries and China, a model of cooperation for mutual development and win-win - Photo: VGP

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation has become an important mechanism connecting the Mekong countries and China, a model of cooperation for mutual development and win-win. Over the past seven years of establishment and development, the MLC has achieved outstanding achievements with three major features: the cooperation mechanism is increasingly perfected; the content is increasingly substantive; the friendship and mutual understanding between the people of the six countries is increasingly profound. The Prime Minister affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always attaches importance to and will continue to work with China and the Mekong countries to promote the Mekong-Lancang cooperation to develop more strongly, effectively and sustainably. The Prime Minister said that in the face of rapid and profound changes in the world economy, in order for the six Mekong-Lancang countries to rise strongly, a new, more comprehensive mindset is needed, along with a whole-people, whole-region, global approach and new, drastic, creative and breakthrough solutions. With such a view, the Prime Minister proposed three priority contents of MLC in the coming period, including:

Firstly, building a modern and developed Mekong - Lancang region, with the motto of unblocking, mobilizing and effectively using resources; promoting all potentials and strengths of each country as well as of all six countries; considering internal strength as fundamental and strategic and external strength as important and breakthrough. The key task is to promote industrialization and modernization, building independent and self-reliant Mekong - Lancang economies associated with proactive and active international integration, deep, substantive and effective.

The 4th MLC Conference with the theme "Joining hands to build a community with a shared future and modernization among Mekong - Lancang countries" was held online - Photo: VGP

Second, building a green, sustainable and inclusive Mekong - Lancang region, ensuring harmony between the present and the future, between economic growth and environmental protection, taking people as the center, the subject, the driving force, the resource and the goal of development, leaving no one behind. The immediate priority is to support countries in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the Paris Agreement on climate change and commitments to reduce carbon emissions towards building a green, circular economy. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation across the basin in ecological environment conservation, natural disaster prevention, effective, sustainable, equitable and reasonable management and use of the Mekong - Lancang common river, especially without changing the natural flow of the river. Towards a better future for their people, the six countries need to prioritize investment in human development, build inclusive education and healthcare systems, support young workers to access modern science and technology, and create conditions for all people to benefit from the development process. Third, build a peaceful and cooperative Mekong-Lancang region. The six countries need to continuously strengthen trust, sincerity, solidarity, promote common interests and uphold multilateralism; enhance complementarity between Mekong-Lancang cooperation with ASEAN and other regional and sub-regional cooperation mechanisms to use resources most effectively, create resonance and spread benefits. At the same time, priority should be given to cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, especially among the younger generation. The assessments and proposals of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh were highly appreciated by the conference and included in the conference documents.

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