U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, poses for a photo with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung before their meeting at the Government office in Hanoi on Thursday. Photo: APHanoi, July 22, 2010
DPA
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged continued assistance on Thursday for US—led environment programmes in the Mekong Delta.
Ms. Clinton spoke in Hanoi at the ASEAN Regional Forum, a gathering of delegates from the ten—member Association of South—East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The programmes are part of the Lower Mekong Initiative, a joint effort of the United States and the four lower Mekong countries — Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam — focused on health, education, infrastructure and the environment.
“Managing this resource and protecting it against threats is a transnational challenge,” Ms. Clinton said on Thursday of the Mekong River Basin. “Regional cooperation is essential to realizing that challenge.” The US will provide more than 220 million dollars in funding to Lower Mekong countries in fiscal year 2010, two—thirds of which goes to environment, health and education.
Addressing ASEAN delegates, Ms. Clinton announced a “sister river” partnership between the Mekong River Commission and the U.S.—based Mississippi River Commission. She also announced a new three—year programme designed to promote adaptive responses to climate change.
“We expect to continue similar levels of funding for the next two years,” Ms. Clinton said.
The U.S. is also funding programmes to combat HIV/AIDS and pandemic influenza in the region, she said.
The Lower Mekong Initiative was created after a July 2009 meeting between Ms. Clinton and the foreign ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
More than 60 million people live in the Lower Mekong Basin, an area comprising about 606,000 square kilometers in South—East Asia. Climate change will likely increase flooding and threaten food security in the region, the Mekong River Commission reports.
ASEAN comprises Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Ms. Clinton spoke in Hanoi at the ASEAN Regional Forum, a gathering of delegates from the ten—member Association of South—East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The programmes are part of the Lower Mekong Initiative, a joint effort of the United States and the four lower Mekong countries — Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam — focused on health, education, infrastructure and the environment.
“Managing this resource and protecting it against threats is a transnational challenge,” Ms. Clinton said on Thursday of the Mekong River Basin. “Regional cooperation is essential to realizing that challenge.” The US will provide more than 220 million dollars in funding to Lower Mekong countries in fiscal year 2010, two—thirds of which goes to environment, health and education.
Addressing ASEAN delegates, Ms. Clinton announced a “sister river” partnership between the Mekong River Commission and the U.S.—based Mississippi River Commission. She also announced a new three—year programme designed to promote adaptive responses to climate change.
“We expect to continue similar levels of funding for the next two years,” Ms. Clinton said.
The U.S. is also funding programmes to combat HIV/AIDS and pandemic influenza in the region, she said.
The Lower Mekong Initiative was created after a July 2009 meeting between Ms. Clinton and the foreign ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
More than 60 million people live in the Lower Mekong Basin, an area comprising about 606,000 square kilometers in South—East Asia. Climate change will likely increase flooding and threaten food security in the region, the Mekong River Commission reports.
ASEAN comprises Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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How she becomes Hanoi Hilary ? She may eventually stay in Hanoi Hilton just to commemorate all the GI that have been killed .
2;42am
Hillary is in charge of the State Dept, and now she wants to have her small army in Iraq. Some believe that Obama listens to Hillary.
"WASHINGTON — Can diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be risky." Warren P. Strobel
How come the fucken KI media has nothing bad to say about her when she shook hand with him?
Don't remain stupid, Khmer Americans, USA wants to control South-est Asia, it will not allow China steal this position but no one could say when USA would leave the region..
4:18am
Khmer Americans remain stupid?
Is this some kind of joke?
It's about nearly 300,000 Khmer Americans, how many of them read KI? I'm Khmer-American.
Mrs. Clinton isn't stupid. She says, it has nothing to do with your communist regime, but it has something strongly something how the vietcong can get along with the rest of the world and she is going to show them the rope. So that they can claim out of hell and be normal like everybody else that live in the freely out there.
Just please remember Mrs. Clinton, the Communists have their own bible. Only it's in the opposit direction from yours. You hold your ground and don't ever let go. Also know that you have just shook hand with a controlling freak man. Don't let him fool you either. Enjoy your friendship. Yours is no doubt very solid and meaningful. If they see you the way you should be seen. Thank you for visiting Asia and wanting to keep good relation.
China, the instigator; US, the infiltrator; Vietnam, the alligator!!
US interfering South East Asia again, soon there will be Vietnam war#2 erupt...
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