EFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF AYEYAWADY Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) and Thailand's Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat (C) leaves the ACMECS Ministerial Meeting in Hanoi November 6, 2008. The third summit of Ayayewady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) and the forth summit of the Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) are being be held in Hanoi from November 4 to 7, 2008. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM)The CLMV Summit is an annual event. The first CLMV Summit was held in November 2004 in Vientiane, Laos, with the adoption of the Vientiane Declaration on enhancing economic cooperation and integration among CLMV countries.
According to the Vientiane Declaration, the seven areas of cooperation among CLMV countries are as follows: trade and investment, agriculture, industry and energy, transport, information technology, tourism and human resource development.
The Declaration showed strong commitment of CLMV countries to strengthen and enhance cooperation among CLMV countries and promote CLMV integration into cooperation frameworks under the Mekong sub-region, ASEAN and the whole region.
The Declaration also called for international assistance for CLMV countries to narrow the development gap between them and other regional countries.
Each year, the CLMV Senior Officials' Meeting and Ministerial Meeting are held prior to the CLMV Summit.
| Editor: Sun Yunlong |
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