Emphasis should also be gearing toward the
promotion economic growth of the Southeast Asian
region as a whole by strengthening the economic
linkages between CLMV countries with other ASEAN
countries. The strategy here is to pursue the
enhancement of the competiveness among the CLMV
countries, the redirection of agriculture and
manufacturing growth centers to the place where
relative economic exist, and the reduction of the
income disparity and create employment. It would be
much beneficial if the model of this type of economic
integration which has been well documented in the
“Ayeyawady – Chao Phraya – Mekong Economic
Cooperation Strategy” (ACMECS) could be
vigorously pursued. As such, ACMECS focuses on six
areas of cooperation namely, trade and investment
facilitation, agricultural and industrial cooperation,
transport linkages, tourism cooperation, human
resource development, and public health.