Following the milestone signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in April on the cooperation of projects under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) initiative, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Thailand hosted an Inception Workshop on June 21, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop officially launched the LMC projects to be carried out …

MI HOSTS INCEPTION WORKSHOP WITH PARTNERS TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD OF LMC PROJECTS Read More »

The Mekong – Republic of Korea (ROK) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) was recently held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on May 25, 2018, participated in by representatives from Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. Mekong Institute, as fund manager of the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation …

MI JOINS MEKONG, REPUBLIC OF KOREA MEETING IN NAY PYI TAW Read More »

With support from the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), Ministry of Commerce, Thailand, MI organized the Regional Training Program on Sustainable Transport and Logistics Planning and Management Phase 2 on April 30-May 11, 2018.   A total of 61 participants including mid-level, senior and management-level officials, and transport and logistics operators from Cambodia, Lao PDR, …

MI DELIVERS PHASE II OF TRAINING PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Read More »

Four projects designed to accelerate cross-border trade and support the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the six countries of the Lancang-Mekong region, namely Cambodia, P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam were launched on April 18, 2018 in Bangkok, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the cooperation …

MI LAUNCHES NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SUPPORTING CROSS-BORDER TRADE GROWTH UNDER LANCANG-MEKONG COOPERATION INITIATIVE Read More »

Mekong Institute participated in a forum organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) on March 23, 2018 in Singapore. Trade and Investment Facilitation Director Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta joined the panel session on ‘Integration of ASEAN SMEs into Global Markets’ where he shared MI’s project initiatives to facilitate SME integration in regional and global …

MI-IDRC PROJECT PRESENTED AT IDRC CONFERENCE Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), an intergovernmental organization in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), is firming up its commitment to the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation initiative with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on April 18, 2018 at the Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand. The MoU makes MI the lead implementing …

MI TO INK MOU WITH MOC TO SOLIDIFY COOPERATION WORK UNDER MEKONG-LANCANG INITIATIVE Read More »

Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Director of Trade and Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department, spoke in the recent international symposium celebrating 15 years of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership in Nanning, China on March 28-29, 2018. Serving as discussant in the panel discussion on ‘Seizing New Opportunities – ASEAN-China Innovation Cooperation’, Mr. Dutta shared perspectives on the Greater …

MI SPEAKS AT ASEAN-CHINA SYMPO Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), with the support of the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), organized the synthesis and evaluation workshop on ‘Enhancing the Utilization of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)’ on March 28-29, 2018 at the MI Residential Training Center. The workshop concludes the said modular training program, re-convening participants to …

TRAINING PROGRAM ON ENHANCING THE UTILIZATION OF FTAS BY SMES CONCLUDES WITH SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION WORKSHOP Read More »