Mekong Center: Asia's new hub

The area known as the Mekong Center - Thailand, Vietnam and Laos - is gradually coalescing into a single economic zone. It could become Asia's hottest region. Here's why:

Vietnam is the second-fastest growing economy in the world, behind China.

Thailand, Vietnam and Laos are functioning as a single economic region, thanks to highways and other infrastructural creations over the past decade - and to a powerful new spirit of cooperation among the three countries.