Thailand plans regional infrastructure fund to reduce China dependence

6 June 2018
Nikkei Asian Review
Tourism
ACMECS / host / Mekong Tourism Forum / province / regional infrastructure fund / Thailand

Thailand is taking the lead in creating a regional fund with its neighbors, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, to back infrastructure and other development projects and to lessen reliance on Chinese investment. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is expected to propose the idea to the leaders of the five countries in Thailand on June 16 at the 8th summit of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, or ACMECS. This regional organization was initiated by Thailand in 2003.

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 Yukako Ono

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