Note: This article was originally published in Asia Pathways - ADBI Blog on 16 November 2018. ERIA Energy Economist Dr Han Phoumin discussed the cooperation between Japan and countries in the Mekong sub-region for the region’s faster economic growth in a post on the blog of the Asian Development Bank Institute.

Rapid economic development in recent decades has transformed Southeast Asia and prepared the region to join international production networks, which allow greater exports of manufacturing products, textiles, and other primary high-quality valued added products to the international market.  (Read the full article by using the link above).