Fifteenth Meeting of the GMS Subregional Transport Forum

The Fifteenth Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum (STF-15) was held in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), on 14–15 September 2011. The Forum was jointly organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT), Lao PDR and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The objectives of the Forum were: (i) to review and monitor the progress on priority Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) transport projects; (ii) to review the draft report of the Regional Technical Assistance for Planning the GMS Railway Coordination Office; and (iii) to apprise the Forum on key initiatives in other related sectors and areas of cooperation, related to the transport sector.