Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

ADB’s Role in Promoting Growth, Green Recovery, and Inclusion in ASEAN

This brochure outlines how ADB partners with the ASEAN to strengthen regional cooperation and integration to help drive growth, a green recovery, and inclusion.This includes support for capacity building, knowledge sharing, and policy dialogues for the B-I-G Capacity Building Program for Connectivity for Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT), and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

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Why COP27 Matters to Southeast Asia

The global community has gathered at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022, for the COP27 climate conference

The COP, or Conference of the Parties, is the key decision-making forum of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change and its impacts.

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IOM Report Examines the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in GMS Countries

Migrant workers are essential to economic and social development across the Greater Mekong Subregion. They compensate for a growing shortage of labor and contribute substantially towards the economic well-being of many households through remittances.

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Forum Emphasizes Importance of Even Economic Recovery in the GMS

Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) organized the CLMVT+ Forum 2021 on 24-26 August. The forum highlighted the TPSO study emphasizing the importance of achieving an even economic recovery in the GMS.

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14th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Proposes Joint Working Group on Economic Recovery

The 14th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on 6 August 2021 chaired by Mr. Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and attended by Foreign Ministers of the Mekong subregion. The meeting underscored that Japan will (i) continuously support mutual development through the Mekong-Japan cooperation framework, and (ii) help Mekong countries overcome the fight against COVID-19.

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Cambodia Business Council, Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association Ink Cooperation Agreement

The Cambodia Business Council (CBC) in Bangkok and

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Lao PDR, Thailand Note Growth in Relations

Thailand Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-O-Cha congratulated newly-elected Lao PDR Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh in a phone conversation on 8 April. The Lao PDR Prime Minister lauded the government of Thailand's efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and thanked them for the support extended to Lao PDR. He also expressed gratitude for Thailand's support in Lao PDR's human resource development.

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