Special report: Premier Wen visits Laos, attends GMS Summit
    HANOI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) economic cooperation program has become an effective cooperation module, and a forum of friendship and cooperation, benefiting all related parties, Vietnamese newspaper People said in an article on Tuesday.

    GMS, comprising of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, is expected to have a bright future of prosperous development, peace and stability, it said.

    GMS has been a bridge linking two emerging economies in Asia, namely China and India to the rest of the world, it noted.

    The 3rd GMS Summit concluding on Monday was successful with the endorsement of the Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development for 2008-2012, and approval of a joint summit declaration, it said.

    The GMS was established in 1992 to promote economic and social development, irrigation and cooperation within the six Mekong countries.