Four Southeast Asian countries' SOM opens in Hanoi

Hanoi (VNA) - A Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) was opened in Hanoi on Nov. 4.

The meeting aims at preparation for the CLMV Ministers Meeting and the
fourth CLMV Summit which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from Nov.
6-7.

Participants reviewed the CLMV cooperation as from the third SOM which was
held in the Philippines and discussed orientation for cooperation
between the four countries in the future.

They also agreed on priority fields of cooperation within the CLMV
framework and updated the list of CLMV projects that were approved at the
SOM CLMV in Hanoi in August 2007.

The meeting set the goals to boost economic integration of CLMV into the
Mekong sub-region countries' cooperation mechanism and promote economic
cooperation with ASEAN countries and development partners.

It also reached agreement on the agenda of the CLMV Ministers Meeting
and the fourth CLMV Summit as well as the contents of the joint statement of
the 4 th SOM CLMV.-Enditem