CLV Countries Pledge to Develop Triangle Area to New Economic Pole

Heads of CLV countries (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) have committed to transform the triangle area to be a new economic pole.

In a meeting held on 23 June in Bangkok, Samdech Tech Hun Sen, Cambodian Minister, Lao Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to try efforts in promoting people’s living in the triangle area better, according to a post on Samdech Hun Sen’s Facebook page.

In the meeting, the leaders of CLV countries highly valued and appreciated for positive results made from the working groups of three countries in triangle area, which has contributed in gathering assistances to develop to transform into new face and further development.

Through the CLV cooperation framework, it has transformed the area which has been in remote, poor people’s living into the area with well-connected of infrastructure and mutual communication of people the area of the three countries, the post went on.

The CLV triangle development cooperation framework was initially established in 1999.

Through the cooperation, Cambodia expects to get more development for provinces of Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng, and Kratie, particularly the infrastructure building and inflow of tourists.

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