Greater Mekong Subregion East-West Economic Corridor Highway Development Project
| Status Proposed |
The 6th GMS Summit of Leaders adopted the Regional Investment Framework 2022 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 31 March 2018. This medium-term pipeline of priority projects consolidates and expands the earlier Regional Investment Framework 2013-2022.
The rolling pipeline comprises more than 200 investment and technical assistance projects, which will require more than $60 billion in financing.
The Greater Mekong Subregion Program supports the implementation of high-priority projects in agriculture, energy, environment, health and human resource development, information and communication technology, tourism, transport, transport and trade facilitation, and urban development. It has been using economic corridors to promote economic growth and development.
Note: Information about proposed projects is tentative and indicative.
Greater Mekong Subregion East-West Economic Corridor Highway Development Project
| Status Proposed |
Link Road between NR-5 and NR-6 near Kampong Tralach north of Phnom Penh
| Status Future | Approval Date January 1, 2019 |
GMS Ha Noi–Lang Son Expressway
| Status Active | Approval Date January 1, 2016 |
GMS Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth II | Status Active |
Lao PDR–Viet Nam Power Transmission Interconnection (Hatxan–Pleiku) | Status Active |
Capacity Building for Cross-Border Economic Zones (CBEZ) | Status Active |
Bang Yai–Kanchanaburi Intercity Motorway (part of the Laem Chabang–Bangkok–Dawei (Myanmar) Corridor
| Status Active | Approval Date July 14, 2015 |
Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative Phase II Regional Technical Assistance – Additional Funding | Status Active |
Second GMS Southern Coastal Corridor
| Status Future |
National Highway 14D Improvement
| Status Active |
Strengthening the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (All GMS Countries) | Status Active |
Nabong 500 kV Substation Transmission Facility | Status Active |
PPTA for Joint Feasibility Study of the PRC and Viet Nam CBEZs | Status Active |
Tak–Mae Sot Highway Improvement
| Status Active | Approval Date September 30, 2008 |
Low-Carbon Freight Corridors | Status Active |
Second GMS Northern Transport Network Improvement (Luang Prabang–Thanh Hoa) (additional financing)
| Status Future |
Northern East–West Corridor: Son La–Dien Bien–Tay Trang Border Gate (Viet Nam and the Lao PDR) section, to connect with Luang Namtha (Lao PDR) to the Friendship Bridge (Lao PDR–Myanmar) at Xiengkok–-Kainglap
| Status Active |
Preparing the New GMS Tourism Sector Strategy, 2016–2026 (All GMS Countries) | Status Active |