Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to establish a Vietnam Co-ordination Committee for Development Co-operation in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle with the Minister of Planning and Investment as its Chairman.

The co-ordination committee comprises four subcommittees for economics, external affairs and security, social affairs and the environment, and local co-ordination.

The committee, under control of the Prime Minister, will provide advice on policies and management to promote economic co-operation in the region, co-ordinate with Cambodian and Lao parties in implementing the plan on socio-economic development in Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle.

The committee will submit to the PM regular six-month and annual reports on performance by Vietnamese ministries, sectors and localities as well as the co-ordination with Cambodia and Laos. (VNA)