With the Covid-19 pandemic expected to leave long-term impacts on global investment patterns and consumer behaviour, the CLMVT countries are counting on closer economic cooperation within Southeast Asia to help them benefit from each other’s strengths. That cooperation will help the region keep up with megatrends such as persistent geopolitical tension, fast changing technology and the impacts of climate change as they chart a sustainable future.

 

Representatives of the CLMVT countries — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand — came together last week to discuss ways to achieve a resilient economic recovery in the post-pandemic period, in the CLMVT+ 2021 Forum, organised by the Trade Policy and Strategy Office of the Thai Ministry of Commerce.

 

Although the CLMVT countries have promoted cross-border trade and investment through enhanced transport connectivity and streamlined regulations on trade and e-commerce, the pandemic has disrupted cross-border economic activity. Meanwhile, they have a pressing need to cope with uncertainty in the world market. Thai Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the CLMVT countries must aim to achieve a sustainable and resilient economic recovery from the pandemic to maintain competitiveness as one the world’s most attractive investment destinations.

 

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Representatives of the CLMVT countries — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand — came together last week to discuss ways to achieve a resilient economic recovery in the post-pandemic period,"

 

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