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ADB Calls for Extending Trade Finance in GMS at First Regional Conference

ADB Calls for Extending Trade Finance in GMS at First Regional Conference

BANGKOK, THAILAND (25 January 2018) — The Asian Development Bank’s Trade Finance Program called for greater financial integration, including the development of trade finance, among Greater Mekong Subregion countries at a recent conference for trade finance professionals, central banks, and government ministries in Bangkok.

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ADB Provides Support for Three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia

ADB Provides Support for Three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (9 January 2018) — The Asian Development Bank today signed three project loan agreements with the Government of Cambodia to provide support for road network improvement, provincial water supply and sanitation, and smallholder farmers development in Tonle Sap.

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ADB to Improve Economic Connectivity, Standard of Living in Viet Nam's Northeastern Provinces

ADB to Improve Economic Connectivity, Standard of Living in Viet Nam's Northeastern Provinces

HA NOI, VIET NAM (18 December 2017) — The Asian Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $150 million loan to help improve economic connectivity and raise living standards in four of Viet Nam’s northeastern provinces by enhancing basic infrastructure and services.  

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ADB, Lao PDR Sign Agreement to Enhance Sanitary, Phytosanitary Management Systems

ADB, Lao PDR Sign Agreement to Enhance Sanitary, Phytosanitary Management Systems

VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (20 November 2017) —The Asian Development Bank and the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic signed an agreement on 13 November for a $10 million grant as additional financing for a project that will enhance sanitary and phytosanitary capacity and improve food safety as well as plant and animal safety in the country.

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ADB Funds to Scale Up Sanitary, Phytosanitary Efforts in Lao PDR

ADB Funds to Scale Up Sanitary, Phytosanitary Efforts in Lao PDR

VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (4 October 2017) — The Asian Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $10 million grant to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic as additional financing to scale up efforts to improve food safety and ensure plant and animal health, as part of an initiative to improve sanitary and phytosanitary capacity in the country.

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ADB to Help Enhance Transport Efficiency, Management in Cambodia

ADB to Help Enhance Transport Efficiency, Management in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (29 September 2017) — The Asian Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $70 million loan to help provide a more efficient, safe, and disaster resilient transport sector in Cambodia, particularly by improving national roads in the provinces of Prey Veng, Siem Reap, and Svay Rieng along the Greater Mekong Subregion Southern Economic Corridor.

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Ministers Endorse $64 Billion Project Plan under Strategy for Mekong

Ministers Endorse $64 Billion Project Plan under Strategy for Mekong

HA NOI, VIET NAM (20 September 2017) — Ministers from the six member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion today endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the subregion achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development.

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