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News Releases
29 Nov 2010
ADB Approves $95 Million to Help Lao PDR, Viet Nam Upgrade Key Road Network
ADB will extend $95 million to help the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam upgrade roads in the northeastern transport corridor that offers trade and poverty reduction benefits to both countries, as well as the wider Mekong region.
23 Nov 2010
ADB to Improve Dengue, Disease Monitoring in Three Mekong Countries
ADB is extending $49 million to expand surveillance response systems to help control dengue outbreaks, and prevent the spread of communicable and tropical diseases in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam.
28 Sep 2010
ASEAN+3 Forum Discusses Harmonizing Asia's Bond Markets
The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum met for the first time today in Tokyo, Japan to discuss how best to harmonize regulations and market practices in Asia's local currency bond transactions.
22 Sep 2010
Asia Represents the World's Best Hope for Achieving MDGs, ADB President Tells UN
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said today that Asia and the Pacific, home to three-fifths of humanity and two-thirds of the world's poor, represented the world's best hope for achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
20 Sep 2010
Asia-Pacific Countries Still Have Opportunity to Turn Robust Growth into Anti-Poverty Success
Countries of Asia and the Pacific are at a crucial point in driving forward progress to cut hunger and poverty and achieve higher levels of health and education by 2015, according to a new report launched today at the start of a three-day summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York.
7 Sep 2010
Republic of Korea, GMS Countries Target Priority Areas for Joint Development Work
The Republic of Korea has agreed to work closely with the Greater Mekong Subregion to tackle priority GMS development issues, including transport, trade and the environment, a high level forum heard here.
18 Aug 2010
Mekong Nations Gather to Chart Regional Cooperation for Next Decade
Ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion are holding a 16th Ministerial Meeting in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 20 August 2010 to discuss a new 10-year framework for regional cooperation.
12 Jul 2010
ADB to Help Lao PDR Improve Vocational Training, Address Skill Shortages
ADB is helping the Lao People's Democratic Republic improve the quality and relevance of its technical and vocational training to address skill shortages in key areas of the economy.
9 Jul 2010
ADB to Invest in Greater Mekong Subregion, Clean Energy Fund
ADB will invest $15 million to support clean energy projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion and South Asia through the Mekong Brahmaputra Clean Development Fund.
30 Apr 2010
ADB Invests in Fund to Spur SME Growth in ASEAN, PRC
ADB is investing up to $25 million in a new fund designed to support the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises in ASEAN countries and the People's Republic of China.