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Speaking at the fourth meeting of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Summit (GMS-4) on December 20 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized the necessity to increase capital mobilization for infrastructure development and the perfection of the institutional cooperation among member states in the sub-region.

During the meeting, participants adopted the Cooperation Framework for the next five years (2012-16) of the Core Environmental Program (CEP) - the GMS Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative; New Vision and the Joint Strategy for the Agriculture Support during 2011-15; the Strategy and Road Map of GMS Tourism during 2011-15.

Representatives of the six GMS countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Joint Action to Reduce HIV Vulnerability Related to Population Movement, an MoU on the Joint Cooperation in Further Accelerating the Construction of the Information Superhighway, and the Article of Association of the GMS Freight Transporters Association.

At the end of the summit, leaders from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China and Vietnam adopted a Joint Declaration affirming their countries’ commitment to promoting cooperation and to turning the GMS into an integrating region with prosperity, development and sustainability.

In conjunction with the fourth GMS-4, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had an official meting with Myanmar President Thein Sein.

During the meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of an agreement on agriculture and rural development, a memorandum covering USD 250,000 in non-refundable aid from the Bank of Investment and Development of Vietnam for Myanmar’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation for technical and agricultural training.-