Mekong Institute's goals and strategies are to support the GMS Cooperation Program and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), emphasizing enhanced physical connectivity in the GMS economic corridors and the realization of the GMS and AEC target of a single market and production base, equitable growth, and sustainable resource management. Currently, programs and activities focus on three main thematic areas: Agricultural development and commercialization, trade and investment facilitation, and innovation and technological connectivity.