29 August
A project planning workshop on “Promoting Alliances on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication among the LMC Countries through exchanges” was held yesterday at the M Gallery Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw.
The workshop aimed at drawing up plans that include arranging study tours and sharing experiences and kn owledge on rural development and poverty reduction among the Mekong-Lancang countries that are comprised of Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand.
At the workshop, Dr Khin Zaw, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, and Deputy Director-General U Win Zeyar Tun who is Vice Chairman of the National Coordination Unit of Mekong-Lancang Cooperation delivered opening remarks.
Participants and members of Mekong-Lancang cooperation countries took part in the discussion and exchanged their views on rural development and poverty reduction. The participants discussed future work plans and budget measures the procedures and budgets schemes.
The second Mekong-Lancang cooperation special fund was established by the China and some 23 schemes had been proposed with a view to carry out the development of agriculture, livestock and rural development sectors. Some 12 schemes, out of 23, were selected as one of the procedures included in the agriculture and poverty reduction programme. —MNA
(Translated by Win Ko Ko Aung)
