The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, in collaboration with alliance agencies from both the government and private sectors, organized the CLMVT Forum 2016 from June 16-18, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Forum, for the first time ever, themed as “Towards a Shared Prosperity”, is the stage to showcase the region’s potential, opportunities, development and advanced trade, investment and tourism, as well as business networking of the CLMVT countries-Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. 

As one of the co-organizers, MI’s Executive Director, Dr. Watcharas Leelawath, spoke at CLMVT Forum 2016 on human capital development in CLMVT and modular training approach. 

More than 500 leading policy-makers entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics, and young leaders from the four nations met their Thai counterparts to exchange information, address the most pressing issues facing the future development of this unique sub-region of ASEAN.