Vietnam plays active role in GMS trade, investment cooperationVietnam has proactively participated in trade and investment cooperation activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which comprises Cambodia, China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, over the past 25 years. The expressway, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is considered a strategic part of the Kunming (China)-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong road corridor under the GMS cooperation programme. Based on its strategic location and speed of development, Vietnam has a key role in the regional economic cooperation, according to Bundik. Fourthly, the GMS countries are well positioned geographically to connect South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Last but not least, the GMS countries’ development is backed by a strong sense of cooperation and frameworks for working together through such mechanisms as the GMS.