Lancang-Mekong youth exchange center opens

SHANGHAI - The Lancang-Mekong Youth Exchange and Cooperation Center was inaugurated in Shanghai on July 23, with eight universities from China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam signing a memorandum.

The center, located at Fudan University, aims to enhance youth exchanges, cooperation and development among the six countries and will focus on projects involving cultural exchanges, cooperation, youth innovation and entrepreneurship, transnational social practices and the development of university think tanks.

The setting up of the center opens a new chapter for youth exchanges between the six countries and will further enhance the friendship among the people in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, said Nay Win Oo, the deputy director-general from the ministry of education in Myanmar.