PM leaves Ha Noi for three regional summits in China

Pham will also attend the 10^th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit and the 11^thCambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam Summit.

He is accompanied by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat, Chief of the Government Inspectorate Doan Hong Phong, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh, Secretary of the Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee Giang Pao My, Secretary of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee Tran Quoc Cuong, Secretary of the Cao Bang Provincial Party Committee Tran Hong Minh, General Director of the Voice of Viet Nam Do Tien Sy, Deputy Minister of National Defense Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Van Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Sy Hiep, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai.

Pham's engagement at these summits reflects Viet Nam's commitment to sub-regional cooperation mechanisms, including the GMS cooperation, said Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai.

Pham is expected to put forward initiatives to strengthen GMS cooperation pillars, focusing on strengthening hard and soft infrastructure connectivity, responding to climate change, and sustainably managing water resources.

As a founding member of the GMS, his participation also reflects Viet Nam's effective contributions to the realization of the subregion's shared goals and vision, shared the diplomat.

The tour is expected to help boost relations between localities of Viet Nam and neighboring countries. The GMS member countries share geographical proximity and convenient transport connectivity, making locality-to-locality cooperation a vital component of overall collaboration among them. A forum of governors of provinces along the GMS economic corridor will also be held on the sidelines of the 8th GMS Summit.

This year's GMS Summit, which brings together leaders of the GMS member countries (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam), is expected to approve the summit's Joint Statement and the innovation strategy for GMS development by 2030, and acknowledge six key documents on investment, the environment and climate change, digitalization, gender equality, health, and a framework on the digitization of trade documents.

These important outcomes will serve as a new driving force for sub-regional cooperation in general and GMS collaboration in particular. The collective effort and determination to promote cooperation and development while addressing common challenges will strengthen solidarity and friendship between Viet Nam and its neighbors, and enhance the strategic role of the GMS in the regional integration process./.