(a) India, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
(b) India, Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam(c) India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
(d) India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) is an initiative launched on November 10, 2000, in Vientiane, Laos, comprising six member countries: India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Named after two major civilizational rivers—the Ganga and the Mekong—the bloc focuses on fostering deep socio-economic ties through historical and cultural connections.
It forms a crucial pillar of India's Act East Policy, emphasizing cooperation in four traditional areas—tourism, culture, education, and transportation/communication—which have since expanded to include public health, traditional medicine, and water resource management. Major tangible outcomes include the MGC Asian Traditional Textiles Museum in Cambodia and India's Quick Impact Projects (QIPs), which fund short-gestation development projects in the Mekong region.
