Phnom Penh, Nov 18  (VNA) - In the spirit of friendly neighbourliness

and reliable partnership, Vietnam wants to contribute positively to the

Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)

framework.     

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered the statement at the

opening of the 4 th ACMECS Summit in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom

Penh on Nov 17.   

Since its inception in 2003, the ACMECS cooperation has reaped a wide

range of initial encouraging results and positively supplemented other

cooperation frameworks being implemented in the Mekong sub-region and

Southeast Asia, PM Dung said.    

The PM said the ACMECS cooperation mechanism has been constantly

strengthened and expanded to different areas, however, many cooperation

potentials have yet to be fully tapped.  

Following the opening ceremony, PM Dung empowered Minister of Planning

and Investment Vo Hong Phuc to attend the debate session and related

activities.    

The 4th ACMECS Summit reviewed cooperation activities deployed since the

3 rd summit and put forward directions and measures to make ACMECS

cooperation more practical in the years to come.    

The summit applauded the member nations’ efforts in establishing a new

cooperation mechanism on the environment and setting up a Working Group

on Environmental Cooperation, which is co-chaired by Vietnam and

Cambodia.    

The summit adopted the Phnom Penh Declaration and the ACMECS Plan of

Action for the 2010-2012 period, affirming the resolve to step up ACMECS

cooperation for peace, stability and prosperity in the sub-region. The

delegates agreed to hold the 5 th  ACMECS Summit in Laos in 2012.    

On the sidelines of the summit, an ACMECS Business Forum was held,

drawing the participation of more than 350 companies from the member

nations, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.    

The businesspeople explored investment and cooperation opportunities and

recommended solutions to improve the investment environments in the

ACMECS countries. They also held a dialogue with high-ranking leaders of

the member nations.    

Later in the day, PM Dung and his entourage left Phnom Penh, wrapping up

their official visit to Cambodia and attendance in the 6 th 

Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Summit, the 5 th  Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam

Summit and the 4th ACMECS. (VNA)

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