Vietnam attends Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will attend the 7th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (MLC) in Bagan, Myanmar, on Monday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Other MLC participating countries include Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and China.
 Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son. Photo: Nguyen Hong/baoquocte.vn |
Mekong-Lancang cooperation is a new sub-regional cooperation model jointly initiated and built by China and the five Mekong countries, in order to deepen the friendly neighborliness between the six countries; promote the socio-economic development of the sub-region; narrow the development gap between countries; be conducive to ASEAN integration and regional integration; contribute to South-South cooperation and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development of the United Nations.
Last June, the 6th MLC Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.