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Seventh Meeting, 20-21 August 2002, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

The Seventh Meeting (the Meeting) of the Subregional Transport Forum (the STF) was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on 20-21 August 2002. The Meeting was jointly organized by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The objectives of the Meeting were as follows: (i) to maintain the momentum of cooperation in the transport sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS); (ii) to advance specific subregional initiatives in the transport sector; and (iii) to reinforce as well as focus the subregional consultative process. The Meeting Agenda is attached as Appendix 1.

The participants of the Meeting included delegations from the Kingdom of Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), the Union of Myanmar, Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and ADB. Representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, DFID, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korean Institute for International Economic Policy, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the World Bank attended the Meeting as observers. The list of participants and observers is attached as Appendix 2.

The Meeting was chaired by His Excellency (H.E.) Mr. Pham The Minh, Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport (MOT), Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Mr. Khalid Rahman, Director, Infrastructure Division, Mekong Department, ADB co-chaired the Meeting.

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