Thursday, December 1, 2011

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and U.S. "The Lower Mekong Initiative" ...

Secretary Clinton, right, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem shake hands before an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Bali

The Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), launched in July 2009, is a multinational effort intended to create integrated sub-regional cooperation between and among Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and the U.S. in the areas of education, health, environment, and infrastructure.


These sectors form the four pillars of the LMI. A primary objective of the initiative is to build local capacity to allow the sub-region to more effectively collaborate across borders and to overcome local obstacles in meeting regional challenges and opportunities.

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