Project helps enhance access to clean water, energy, food in Lower Mekong Basin
A Vietnamese delegation attended the second regional consultative forum on the “Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Development in the Lower Mekong Basin based on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus” in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 31.
At the second regional consultative forum on the “Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Development in the Lower Mekong Basin based on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus” in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 31. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
Bangkok (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegationattended the second regional consultative forum on the “Triangular Cooperationon Sustainable Development in the Lower Mekong Basin based on theWater-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus” in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 31.
The event also brought together representatives fromthe United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the MekongRiver Commission (MRC), and the Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic ofKorea (RoK), and others from Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.
Also known as the “RoK- UNOSSC Facility Phase 3” orP-LINK, the project, launched in September 2021, aims to strengthen access towater, food and energy for vulnerable communities living in the Lower MekongBasin (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam).
Through integrative and multi-sectoral approaches inthe application of technologies for water, energy and food, the livelihoods ofthe people based on South-South and triangular cooperation (SS & TrC)modalities are expected to be improved at the end of the project.
Following the first consultative forum in Bangkok on June28, the second reviewed the project’s outcomes in 2022, and looked into actionplans set for this year.
UNOSSC Director Dima Al-Khatib told the Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA)’s correspondents in Bangkok that through the project, UNOSSCwishes to provide communities with scientific and technological solutions, aswell as suitable changes to improve their livelihoods, especially throughbetter access to clean water, energy and food.
UNOSSC also hopes that pilot solutions will bringabout good results so that they can be rolled out on a larger scale, she added.
Representatives from the Lower Mekong Basin countriesdiscussed the selection of locations to pilot the project, as well as challengesto the work and potential solutions.
The five-year project costs 4 million USD funded bythe Korean ministry. UNOSSC plays a leading role in implementing the project,along with other partners, including the MRC Secretariat, and the MekongInstitute, and the Science and Technology Policy Institute of the RoK./.
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At the second regional consultative forum on the “Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Development in the Lower Mekong Basin based on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus” in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 31. (Photo: nhandan.vn) 
