Germany, EU roll out funding to accelerate lower Mekong projects
Germany and the EU continue to grant new funding, worth €8.92 million ($10.15 million), to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to enhance the Mekong cross-border water cooperation among the lower Mekong countries – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, said an MRC press release The Post received on Thursday. Jens Lutkenherm, German Ambassador to Laos, signed a €4 million agreement with MRC Secretariat CEO Pham Tuan Phan on Wednesday in Halong city, Vietnam.