Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Mekong Institute (MI)’s Director of Trade and Investment Facilitation Department and Director of Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF) presented MKCF’s progress under MI management during the Mekong-Republic of Korea Senior Officials’ Meeting (SoM) on May 6, 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The SOM meeting was attended by high-level officials from Mekong countries and Republic of Korea (RoK) and co-chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RoK.

Since its inception in 2014, the MKCF has supported 48 development projects across 7 priority sectors of the Mekong-RoK cooperation with a total project funding of 25 million USD.

RoK has increased the annual contribution to the fund up to 10 million USD until 2027.

For more details of the MKCF, visit www.mekongrok.org