Water
Duyệt Water theo Chủ đề "ASEAN"
- Ấn phẩmWhy the Mekong matters to ASEAN: A perspective from Vietnam(2020) Binh, Le Hai; Thu, To MinhThe Mekong subregion, located at the crossroads of China, India, and mainland Southeast Asia, is the focus of numerous mega-connectivity initiatives. Its strategic location, economic dynamism, and abundant water resources bring about both opportunities and challenges for ASEAN. --- The Mekong plays a pivotal role in the process of ASEAN community-building by providing opportunities to close development gaps, increase intra-ASEAN trade and investment, and fulfil its political and security mandate. --- As ASEAN chair for 2020, Vietnam is expected to push for Mekong related issues. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has narrowed significantly Vietnam’s window of opportunity to do so. --- The inclusion of such issues in the ASEAN agenda will help strengthen ASEAN’s relations with its external partners and cement its centrality in the evolving regional architecture. --- A successful advocacy of Mekong issues by Vietnam to other non-Mekong ASEAN member-states would help highlight its chosen theme. This will support Vietnam as the chair of “cohesiveness and responsiveness”, which aims to strengthen ASEAN unity and ASEAN’s adaptive capability in a changing global and regional environment.