Japan pledges 750bn yen for Mekong nations' development

SATURDAY, JULY 04, 2015
Japan pledges 750bn yen for Mekong nations' development

Japan Saturday pledged its commitment of around 750 billion yen in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Mekong region for the next three years at the seventh Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting in Tokyo, showing a more significant role that it plays in th

In regard to the summit meeting, head of Thai government along with other four countries in Mekong subregion and Japan adopted the "Tokyo Strategy 2015" as a new strategy for Mekong-Japan Cooperation in the next three years.

The other four Mekong region countries are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Viet Nam.