Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception forThai Ambassador to Vietnam Tanee Sangrat in Hanoi on June 24.
At the function, the Vietnamese leader highlighted the strong development ofthe bilateral relations across fields, and suggested the two sides continuouslyimplement cooperation mechanisms, especially the joint cabinet meeting, the Vietnam-Thailand Joint Committee for Bilateral Cooperation,and political consultations between the two foreignministries.
He applauded andexpressed his support for a number of projects and events that will be hostedby the Thai Embassy in the coming time, especially a project to build a hospitalfor poor people in central Nghe An province, and the Thailand Festival inVietnam.
AmbassadorTanee Sangrat showed his joy at the increasing tourism cooperation and enhancedpeople-to-people exchange between the two nations in recent time.
In the first five months of 2019, Vietnam received 216,000 tourists fromThailand, nearly 50 percent higher than that of the same period last year.
The diplomat said Thailand is now the 8th largest foreign investor inVietnam and its investment to Vietnam is expected to be expanded in the comingtime with a number of projects from SCG, Thaibev and Amata.-VNA