Networking Forum on Enhancing Cross-Border Facilitation for Logistics, Trade and Investment Development in the Lancang-Mekong Countries, November 30, 2021

The Forum will be a platform to discuss and develop strategies and encourage measures to promote trade and investment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and provide suggestions for trade and investment growth to support post-COVID-19 recovery in the Lancang-Mekong region.

The Forum is held as part of a project “Upgrading Border Facilitation for Trade and Logistics Development”, funded by the Lancang–Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (LMCSF), and implemented by MI in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce, Thailand between 2018 and 2021. The stakeholders of the project are drawn from the six Lancang–Mekong (LM) countries, Cambodia, P.R. China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, from both national and sub-national levels. The project aims to promote trade along border trade zones and border special economic zones which link the LM countries, increase trade capacity and reduce the costs incurred to traders, and enhance connectivity and improve competitiveness across international borders through improvements in infrastructure to facilitate cross-border trade and investment.

 

The Forum will consist of three interrelated parts as follows

i.      Panel Discussions on promoting cross-border trade in the Lancang-Mekong countries and strategies for COVID-19 recovery,

ii.     E-business Networking and Matching for business development and cooperation among companies from within the Lancang-Mekong countries and beyond, and

iii.    E-Business Profile Display for promoting greater trade and investment in the Lancang-Mekong region. 

 

The sessions of the Forum can be followed at an interactive web portal platform: https://lmcnetworking.com