Clinton announces $50M in aid for SE Asia

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, attends the 2nd East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)  

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, greets U.S. Embassy staff at the Le Royal hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Friday, July 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)  

By BRADLEY KLAPPER

The Associated Press

The Statesman 

Published: 12:26 a.m. Friday, July 13, 2012

PHNOM PEHN, Cambodia — The United States says it will provide five counties in Southeast Asia with $50 million over three years to assist them with health, education and environment programs.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the funding Friday in Cambodia.

Recipients of the aid are Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.

Clinton is finishing up a week of diplomacy in Asia. She meets later Friday with Myanmar's president and will introduce him to U.S. business leaders.

Clinton will then travel on to Egypt and Israel.