KITA (Chairman Jin Sik Yoon) co-hosted the 12th Mekong - ROK Business Forum on 21 August (local time) in Vientiane, Laos with collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Laos and the Lao Chamber of Commerce.
This year's theme was "Capacity Building of SMEs to Enhance Connectivity in the Mekong Region" and at least 100 officials from the government and relevant institution in Korea and five countries in the region (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) participated in the forum.
After the forum, KITA hosted a business meeting event to encourage direct interaction between companies from Korea and Mekong region countries. This event resulted in business talks involving USD 1.22m worth of trade, discussions on signing potential trade contracts amounting up to USD 390,000 and one MOU.