This was announced at a March 6 meeting between the Steering Committee for Southwestern region and Soc Trang provincial People’s Committee on preparations for the event.

This year’s annual forum, will coincide with the Oc Om Boc festival of the Khmer ethnic group and focus on agricultural restructuring and developing new rural areas in the Mekong Delta region.

Local authorities and relevant agencies have been urged to make thorough preparations and call for more investors and donors to sponsor the coming event.