The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will host an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) workshop on water and river basin management from March 20-23.
The workshop, the first of its kind in Vietnam, is expected to attract 150 delegates from 51 ASEM member countries and relevant organisations such as the Mekong River Commission, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, the World Water Council, the United Nations, the UN Environment Programme, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.
Delegates will examine reports and make recommendations to the 11th ASEM Ministerial Meeting to be held in New Delhi this November.
The workshop is the first activity of the Danube-Mekong Cooperation Initiative between Vietnam and all five members of the initiative: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Laos and Thailand, which was approved at the 9th ASEM Summit in Laos in 2012.
The initiative has received strong support from ASEM member countries as it links water management with the role of river basins and green growth.
Can Tho city will also host World Water Day celebrations on March 20-21.
ASEM workshop to discuss water management
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will host an Asia-Europe Meeting workshop on water and river basin management from March 20-23.
Source: VNA
