28 March 2014
The second summit of
the Mekong River Commission (MRC) will be held in HCM City on April 5. The
Vietnamese delegation, led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, will join others
from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and dialogue partners, China and Myanmar, at the
event. The representatives from development partners, donors, and international
organizations will also be attending the summit. Themed "Co-operation for
Water, Energy and Food Security in Transboundary Basins under a Changing
Climate", the summit aims to strengthen the commitment of cross-border
cooperation in the sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin's water
resources. This is a pressing demand along with the need for water, energy, and
food resources.
On the threshold of
the summit, an international seminar will be held from April 2-3 to discuss
regional and global issues of common concern, such as water, energy, and food
security, risk management and climate change adaptation in transboundary
basins. The first MRC summit was held in Hua Hin, Thailand, in 2010, to mark
the 15th anniversary of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Sustainable
Development of the Mekong River Basin (1995 Mekong Agreement).
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