The 10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

• It is sub-regional cooperation organisation comprising India and five ASEAN countries, namely, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
• It was launched in 2000 at Laos capital Vientiane. It takes its name from Ganga and Mekong, the two civilisational rivers in Southeast Asia.
• It is mandated to facilitate closer contacts among people inhabiting these two (Ganga and Mekong) major civilisational river basins and enhancing cooperation in culture, tourism, education, transport and communications among member countries.

New MGC Plan of Action 2019-2022: It envisages project-based cooperation among member countries in various areas including tourism and culture, education, public health and traditional medicine, agriculture and allied sectors, transport and communication, MSMEs and water resources management.