On Dec. 17, 2018 local time, the 4th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Luang Prabang Province, Laos.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith of Laos, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Nam Hong of Cambodia, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai of Thailand, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin of Myanmar, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh of Vietnam attended the meeting.
The meeting aims to implement the outcomes of the 2nd LMC Leaders' Meeting, plan the next-stage development of the LMC, and prepare for the 3rd LMC Leaders' Meeting.
The meeting adopted the Joint Press Communiqué, and issued a progress report of the year 2018 on implementing the LMC Five-Year Plan of Action, a list of the projects supported by LMC Special Fund in 2018, and a research report on the LMC economic development zone composed by think-tanks of the six countries. The anthem for the LMC was also released.