Hanoi, Sept. 30 -- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang attended senior officials' meetings of the Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) and Mekong-Japan cooperation frameworks in the northeastern city of Quang Ninh on September 30.

The meetings brought together senior officials and representatives from the foreign ministries and other agencies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. They reviewed opportunities and challenges, discussed cooperation priorities for the coming period and prepared for the 12th CLMV Summit and the 13th Mekong-Japan Summit.

At the CLMV Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM), Hang said developments over the past five years had reaffirmed the long-term value of CLMV cooperation in narrow...