Month/Year	Country	Project Title
December 2007	Viet Nam	Loan 2391 and 2392: Greater Mekong Subregion: Kunming - Hai Phong Transport Corridor - Noi Bai - Lao Cai Highway Project [ Summary, RRP ]
November 2007
	Cambodia	Loan 2373: GMS Southern Coastal Corridor [ Summary, RRP ]
	Viet Nam	Loan 2372: GMS Southern Coastal Corridor [ Summary, RRP ]
September 2007	Lao PDR	Loan 0082: Northern GMS Transport Network Improvement [ Summary, RRP ]
August 2007	China, People's Republic of	Loan 2345: Western Guangxi Roads Development Project [ Summary, RRP ]
December 2006	Viet Nam	Loan 2302: GMS Kunming-Haiphong Transport Corridor: Yen Vien-Lao Cai Railway Upgrading Project [ Summary, RRP ]
December 2006	Cambodia	Loan 2288: GMS Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia [ Summary, RRP ]
December 2005	Viet Nam	Loan 2222: GMS Kunming-Haiphong Transport Corridor Noi-Bai-Lao Cai Highway Technical Assistance [ Summary, RRP ]
November 2005
	Cambodia	Loan 0025: Regional Communicable Diseases Control [ Summary, RRP ]
	Lao PDR	Loan 0026: Regional Communicable Diseases Control [ Summary, RRP ]
	Viet Nam	Loan 0027: GMS Regional Communicable Diseases Control [ Summary, RRP ]
April 2005	Lao PDR	Loan 2162: Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project [ Summary, RRP, Website ]
December 2004	China, People’s Republic of	Loan 2116: Dali-Lijang Railway Project (Yunnan Province) [ Overview, Website, Summary, TA Paper ]
September 2004	China, People’s Republic of	Loan 2094: Guangxi Roads Development II [ Summary, RRP ]
December 2003	Cambodia	Loan 2052: Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
October 2003	China, People’s Republic of	Loan 2014: Western Yunnan Roads Development Project [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
December 2002	Lao PDR	Loan 1989: Northern Economic Corridor [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
December 2002	Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam	Loan 1969, 1970, and 1971: Mekong Tourism Development [ Overview, RRP: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam ]
November 2002	Cambodia	Loan 1945: Cambodia Road Improvement [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
October 2001	China, People's Republic of	Loan 1851: Guangxi Roads Development [ Summary, RRP ]
December 1999	Lao PDR	Loan 1727: East-West Corridor Project [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
December 1999	Viet Nam	Loan 1728: East-West Corridor Project [ Overview, Summary, RRP]
June 1999	China, People's Republic of	Loan 1691: Southern Yunnan Road Development [ Overview, Summary, RRP]
December 1998	Cambodia	Loan 1659: Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City Highway [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
December 1998	Viet Nam	Loan 1660: Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City Highway [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
December 1996	Cambodia	Loan 1503: Siem Reap Airport [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
September 1996	Lao PDR	Loan 1456: Nam Leuk Hydropower Development [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
January 1996	China, People's Republic of	Loan 1427: Fangcheng Port Project [ Summary, RRP ]
August 1995	Lao PDR	Loan 1369: Champassak Road Improvement [ Overview, Summary, RRP ]
November 1994	Lao PDR	Loan 1329: Theun Hinboun Hydropower [ Overview, Summary ]
September 1994	China, Peoples Republic of	Loan 1325: Yunnan Expressway [ Overview, Summary ]

Technical Assistance

View the summary of ADB-Assisted GMS Technical Assistance Projects (as of 31 December 2007) [ PDF: 29kb | 7 pages ]

Below is a list and brief description of these projects:

Agriculture
Energy
Environment
Human Resources Development
Telecommunications

Tourism
Transport
Multisector
Private Sector Development

Agriculture

Approval Date	Project Title
June 2006	RETA 6324: Expansion of Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture Sector [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2004	RETA 6214: Strengthening Capacity and Regional Cooperation in Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2004	RETA 6192: Transboundary Animal Disease Control in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
June 2003	RETA 6110: Promoting Partnerships to Accelerate Agriculture Development and Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2002	RETA 6034: Study on Subregional Issues in the Agriculture Sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Summary, Report ]

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Energy

Approval Date	Project Title
December 2007	RETA 6440: Facilitating Regional Power Trading and Environmentally Sustainable Development of Electricity Infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Summary, TA Paper ]
July 2006	TA 4816: GMS Northern Power Transmission Project [ Summary, TA Paper ]
January 2006	RETA 6304: GMS Regional Power Trade Coordination and Development [ Summary, TA Paper ]
January 2006	RETA 6301: Developing the GMS Energy Sector Strategy (formerly GMS Energy Sector Strategy Study) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
March 2004	RETA 4323: GMS Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Development Project- Phase II [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2003	RETA 6147: Preparing the GMS Power Interconnection Project Phase I [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
April 2003	RETA 6100: Study for a Regional Power Trade Operating Agreement in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
January 2003	TA 4078: GMS: Cambodia: Preparing the Power Distribution and Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project [ Summary, RRP ]
July 2000	RETA 5920: Regional Indicative Master Plan on Power Interconnection in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
July 1999	TA 3225: Analyzing and Negotiating Financing Options for the Nam Leuk Hydropower Project Cost Overruns - Lao PDR [ Summary, Report ]
July 1999	TA 3222: Se San 3 Hydropower – Viet Nam [ Summary, TA Paper ]
November 1997	TA 2926: Nam Ngum 500 kV Transmission – Lao PDR [ Summary, TA Paper ]
August 1996	RETA 5697: Se Kong-Se San and Nam Theun River Basins Hydropower Development Study [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
September 1995	RETA 5643: Subregional Electric Power Forum - Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, Report ]

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Environment

Approval Date	Project Title
December 2005	RETA 6289: Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Corridors Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Summary, TA Paper, Website ]
October 2005	RETA 6263: Establishment of the GMS Environment Operations Center [ Summary Report ]
April 2005	RETA 6238: SSTA for Preparing Environmental Inputs for the Second GMS Summit [ Summary, Report ]
March 2005	RETA 6234: Regional Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2004	RETA 6213: GMS Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative [ Summary, TA Paper, Website ]
November 2004	RETA 6198: Capacity Building on Promoting Sustainable Development in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
February 2004	RETA 6167: Study on Cooperation Opportunities between ADB and the Mekong River Commission [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
December 2003	RETA 6149: Support for the Mekong River Commission Flood Management and Mitigation Program [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
August 2003	RETA 6115: Poverty Reduction in Upland Communities in the Mekong Region through Improved Community and Industrial Forestry [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2002	RETA 6069: National Performance Assessment and Subregional Strategic Environment Framework in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1999	RETA 5899: Subregional Environmental Monitoring and Information System (Phase II) [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1998	RETA 5822: Protection and Management of Critical Wetlands in the Lower Mekong Basin [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
March 1998	RETA 5783: Strategic Environmental Framework for the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1997	RETA 5771: Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote GMS Watersheds [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
May 1996	RETA 5684: Subregional Environmental Training and Institutional Strengthening in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
February 1995	RETA 5622: Subregional Environmental Monitoring and Information System [ Overview, Summary ]

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Human Resources Development

Approval Date	Project Title
October 2007	RETA 6413: Strengthening Human Resource Development Cooperation in the GMS [ Summary, TA Paper ]
August 2007	RETA 6407: GMS Phnom Penh Plan for Development Managers (Phase III) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
March 2007	RETA 6390: Transboundary Animal Disease Control for Poverty Reduction in the GMS [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2005	RETA 6277: Public Policy Training [ TA Paper ]
July 2005	RETA 6247: HIV/AIDS Vulnerability and Risk Reduction Among Ethnic Minority Groups through Communication Strategies [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2005	RETA 6243: Strengthening Malaria Control Strategies for Ethnic Minorities [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
March 2005	RETA 6237: GMS Phnom Penh Plan for Development Management (Phase II) [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2004	RETA 6194: GMS Regional Communicable Disease Control (formerly Communicable Disease Control in GMS) [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2004	RETA 6190: Preventing the Trafficking of Women and Children and Promoting Safe Migration in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2003	RETA 6130: Study on Urban Violence in the Public Realm- Towards a More Effective Urban Upgrading [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
May 2003	RETA 6106: Financing Needs for HIV/ AIDS Prevention and Care in Asia and the Pacific [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
December 2002	RETA 6083: ICT and HIV/ AIDS Preventive Education in the Cross-Border Areas of the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2002	RETA 6056: GMS Phnom Penh Plan for Development Management [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2001	RETA 9006: Community Action for Prevention of HIV/AIDS [ Summary, Report ]
December 2000	RETA 5970: Drug Eradication in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
December 2000	RETA 5958: Rollback Malaria Initiative for the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1999	RETA 5881: Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Mobile Populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
June 1998	RETA 5794: Study of Health and Education Needs of Ethnic Minorities in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
September 1997	RETA 5751: Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
April 1996	RETA 5681: Cooperation in Employment Promotion and Training in the GMS [ Overview, TA Paper ]

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Telecommunications

Approval Date	Project Title
November 2001	RETA 6004: Telecommunications Sector Policy Formulation and Capacity Building [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2000	RETA 5915: Establishment of Backbone Telecommunications Network Project Phase I [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
June 1997	RETA 5741: Subregional Telecommunications Forum - GMS [ Summary, Report ]
May 1997	RETA 5738: East Loop Telecommunications Project in the GMS [ Summary, TA Paper ]
October 1995	RETA 5645: Meeting of Telecommunication Officials [ Summary, Report ]

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Tourism

Approval Date	Project Title
December 2005	RETA 6279: Preparing the Sustainable Tourism Development (formerly Pro-Poor Tourism Development) [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
July 2004	RETA 6179: Tourism Sector Strategy [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1999	RETA 5893: Mekong/Lancang River Tourism Infrastructure Development [ Summary, TA Paper ]
September 1998	RETA 5807: Tourism Skills Development in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
June 1997	RETA 5743: Mekong/Lancang River Tourism Planning Study [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 1995	RETA 5647: Regional Program to Train Trainers in Tourism in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]

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Transport

Approval Date	Project Title
September 2007	RETA 4970: Western Yunnan Roads Development II (formerly [Ruili-Longlin] Expressway) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2006	RETA 4913: GMS Luang Prabang Airport Improvement [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2006	TA 4792: Guangzi Longlin-Baise Expressway [ Summary, TA Paper ]
April 2006	TA 4782: Central Yunnan Roads Development (Wuding-Kunming) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
March 2006	RETA 6310: Development Study on the GMS North-South Economic Corridor [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2005	TA 4742: GMS Northern Transport Network [ Summary, TA Paper ]
September 2005	TA 4657: Preparing the Railway Development Project (Yunnan-Yuxi Mengzi Railway) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
September 2005	TA 4645: Restructuring of the Railway in Cambodia [ Summary, TA Paper ]
August 2005	RETA 6251: GMS Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia [ Summary, TA Paper ]
March 2005	RETA 6235: GMS Southern Coastal Corridor [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2004	RETA 6227: Coordinating for GMS: North-South Economic Corridor Bridge Project (formerly Third Mekong Bridge) [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2004	RETA 6193: GMS Infrastructure Connections in Northern Lao (SSTA) [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
October 2004	RETA 6195: GMS Transport Sector Strategy Study [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
November 2003	RETA 6134: GMS Southern Coastal Corridor (SSTA) [ Summary, Report ]
December 2002	TA 4050: Preparing the Kunming-Haiphong Transport Corridor Project-Viet Nam [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2002	TA 3868: GMS: Cambodia Road Improvement Project Engineering Design Update [ Summary, RRP ]
April 2002	TA 3855: GMS: Cambodia Road Improvement Project- Small-Scale Technical Assistance for Resettlement Study and Social Impact Assessment [ Summary, RRP ]
	TA 3854: GMS: Cambodia Road Improvement Project – Small-Scale Technical Assistance for Environmental Assessment [ Summary, RRP ]
	TA 3852: GMS: Cambodia Road Improvement Project – Small-Scale Technical Assistance for Economic Analysis [ Summary, RRP ]
December 2001	TA 3817: Preparing the Northern Economic Corridor Project – Lao PDR [ Summary , TA Paper ]
March 2001	TA 3642: Preparing the Western Yunnan Roads Development Project – PRC [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1999	TA 3348: East-West Corridor Coordination – Lao PDR and Viet Nam [ Summary, RRP ]
August 1997	RETA 5749: Cross-Border Movement of Goods and People in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
February 1997	RETA 5728: Chiang Rai-Kunming Road Improvement via Lao PDR [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1996	RETA 5710: Study of the Lao-Thailand-Viet Nam East-West Transport Corridor [ Summary, TA Paper ]
July 1996	RETA 5691: Thailand-Cambodia-Viet Nam Southern Coastal Road Corridor [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 1996	RETA 5686: Mitigation of Nonphysical Barrier to Cross-Border Movement of Goods and People [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
November 1995	RETA 5649: GMS Infrastructure Improvement: Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh [ Summary, TA Paper ]
July 1994	RETA 5586: Study of the Lao-Thailand-Viet Nam East-West Transport Corridor

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Trade and Investment

Approval Date	Project Title
July 2006	RETA 6328: Support to Trade Facilitation and Capacity Building in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ TA Paper ]
October 2005	RETA 6266: Business Environment in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Summary, TA Paper ]
February 2005	RETA 6231: SSTA to Support Development of the Action Plan on Trade and Investment Facilitation in the GMS [ Summary, Report ]
December 2004	RETA 6210: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth and Development in the Mekong Region Phase II [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2004	RETA 6228: Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and Investment for SME Development in the GMS (Phase II) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2001	RETA 6020: Facilitating Cross-Border Trade and Investment for Small and Medium Enterprise Development in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
November 2000	RETA 5951: Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Growth and Development in the Mekong Region [ Summary, TA Paper ]

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Multisector

Approval Date	Project Title
December 2006	RETA 6367: Sesan, Sre Pok, and Sekong River Basins Development Study in Kingdom of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam [ TA Paper ]
March 2006	RETA 6307: Implemention of the Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Agreement [ Summary, TA Paper ]
October 2005	RETA 6262: Enhancing the Development Effectiveness of the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2005	RETA 6242: Developing New Policy Paradigms for Sustainable Livelihoods Protection and Natural Resource Management Among Ethnic Minorities in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
September 2004	RETA 6186: Strengthening the GMS Economic Cooperation Program [ Summary, TA Paper ]
May 2004	RETA 6171: Reviewing Poverty Impact of Regional Economic Integration in the GMS (formerly Unmasking Cross-Border Poverty in the GMS) [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2003	RETA 6148: Strengthening the Capacity of Financial Sector Regulators and Supervisors [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
September 2003	RETA 6121: Rural, Urban, and Subregional Linkages in the Mekong Region: A Holistic Approach to Development and Poverty Reduction [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
August 2003	RETA 6118: Promoting NGO Support for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion [ Overview, Summary, Report ]
July 2003	RETA 6113: Making Markets Work for the Poor [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
April 2003	RETA 6098: Implementing the Agreement for Facilitation of the Cross-Border of Goods and People in the Greater Mekong Subregion - Phase 1 [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2002	RETA 6084: Promoting Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase V [ Summary, TA Paper ]
June 2002	RETA 6038: Networking with the Asian Institute of Technology [ Summary, Report ]
May 2002	RETA 6032: Support to the Greater Mekong Subregion Summit of Leaders and Related Activities [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2001	RETA 6017: Capacity Building for National Institutions Involved in the GMS Economic Cooperation Program [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
November 2001	TA 3780: North-Northeast Region Area Development - Thailand [ Summary, TA Paper ]
December 2000	RETA 5961: Promoting Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase IV, Year 2 [ Summary, TA Paper ]
November 2000	TA 3544: Nam Ngum River Basin Development – Lao PDR [ Summary, RRP ]
February 2000	TA 3396: Assessing A Concession Agreement for the Lao PDR: Chiang Rai-Kunming Road Improvement Project [ Summary, Report ]
December 1999	RETA 5885: GMS Preinvestment Study for the East-West Economic Corridor [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
December 1999	RETA 5886: Promoting Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase IV, Year 1 [ Summary, TA Paper ]
July 1999	RETA 5850: Facilitating the Cross-Border Movement of Goods and People in the GMS [ Overview, Summary, TA Paper ]
October 1997	TA 2903: Border Towns Urban Development - Thailand [ Summary, TA Paper ]
June 1997	RETA 5741: Subregional Telecommunications Forum - GMS [ Summary, Report ]
July 1996	RETA 5693: Promoting Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase III [ Summary, TA Paper ]
June 1993	RETA 5535: Promoting Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase II [ Summary ]
March 1992	RETA 5487: Studies on Subregional Cooperation Among Cambodia, the PRC, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – Phase I [ Summary, Report ]