Cooperative framework

Year of establishment

Members

Cooperation objectives/priorities

Greater Mekong

Subregion

1992

China (Yunnan and Guangxi province), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam

Regional connectivity through projects in agriculture, energy, environment, health and human resource development, etc.

Mekong River

Commission

1995

Cambodia, Laos,

Thailand and Viet Nam (dialogue members: China and Myanmar)

The jointly management of the shared water resources and the sustainable development of the Mekong, including water allocation, navigation, irrigation, hydropower, flood control, fisheries, etc.

Lower Mekong Initiatives

2009

Cambodia, Lao PDR,

Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, initiated by the United States

To deliver equitable, sustainable and inclusive economic growth among the five countries

Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

2015

China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam

Cooperation under the leading of China relating to political, social and economic issues