Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mekong region chiefs of missions meeting... Discussion on responding to online scams, etc.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Seon-hee = The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it held a meeting of heads of missions in the Mekong region at the Korean Embassy in Vietnam on the 4th.

At this meeting, the ASEAN Department review officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ambassadors to Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, and the consuls general in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang attended in person, while the ambassadors to Cambodia and Laos participated non-face-to-face.

The heads of missions exchanged opinions on the status of online scam issues and ways to respond.

In addition, major issues such as changes in regional power structure due to strategic competition between the United States and China, the situation in Myanmar, and the Thailand-Cambodia dispute were examined, and each country's response trends and ways to expand cooperation between Korea and Mekong countries were explored.

In addition, they shared the economic and industrial development strategies and cooperation demands of each country in the region and reviewed ways to promote economic cooperation, such as resolving difficulties faced by Korean companies, participating in infrastructure projects, and stabilizing the supply chain.

The heads of missions reaffirmed that the Mekong region is an important strategic base for expanding Korea's economic and diplomatic cooperation, and agreed that there was a need to discover cooperative projects that fit the characteristics and needs of each country.