Mekong is not a Political Tool for the U.S.
Since 2009, the United States has paid increasing attention to the Mekong region. On September 11, the United States and Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the ASEAN Secretariat launched the "Mekong-U.S. Partnership." This move reflects the importance of the Mekong region for the current US global strategic deployment and expands the original cooperation of the "Lower Mekong Initiative