(VOVworld) – Japan and 5 countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) will tighten cooperation in improving the region’s urban environment and pursuing economic growth targets. At the third Green Mekong Forum in Bangkok on Thursday, participants pledged support for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam in natural disaster mitigation and management. All agreed that cooperation between public and private sectors and the involvement of local authorities are keys to addressing regional environmental issues.

Workers clean river in Ho CHi Minh city. (Photo: VNA)

The forum’s outcomes will be reported to a UN conference on mitigating the risks of natural disasters next March and at the Japan-Mekong summit next July, both to be held in Japan.