Thailand always attaches importance to promoting tourism and sport cooperation with Vietnam, Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn recently told Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Phan Chi Thanh.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh on March 22 met with Nirat Phongsittithaworn, the Governor of Chiang Mai province, discussing measures to promote cooperation between the province and Vietnamese localities.
Thailand will further promote sci-tech and education cooperation with Vietnam, including a plan to teach Vietnamese at some local universities, affirmed Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) Anek Laothamatas in a working session with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh in Bangkok on March 20.
The Vietnamese Embassies in Thailand and Russia on March 8 held ceremonies to mark International Women’s Day with the participation of the embassy staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Governor of the Thai northeastern province of Khon Kaen Kraisorn Kongchalad have looked into measures to promote cooperation between the province and Vietnamese localities in different spheres.
The Vietnam Embassy in Thailand and the Consulate General of Vietnam in Thailand’s Khon Kaen on February 26 had a meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the host country to learn of overseas Vietnamese’ concerns and strengthen coordination to make it stronger and more united.
The formation of a Vietnam Town in Udon Thani province, which is hosting the largest overseas Vietnamese community in Thailand, is an obvious development trend, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh while inspecting the Vietnam Street project in the locality on February 25.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh on December 4 worked with authorities of the province of Saraburi to discuss measures to step up cooperation between localities of the two countries in investment, trade, economy, tourism, culture and people-to-people exchanges.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Governor of Thailand’s Udon Thani province Wanchai Kongkasem exchanged views on economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as the demand for collaboration between their localities in their recent working session.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand considers economic diplomacy a main pillar among its tasks, together with political diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and overseas Vietnamese affairs, Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh has said.
A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh is on a working visit to Phuket province from October 18-20 in a bid to foster cooperation between Vietnamese and Thai localities.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh paid a courtesy call to Governor of Bangkok Chadchart Sittipunt on September 15 to discuss promoting locality-to-locality cooperation.
The Vietnamese Government appreciated the contributions of the Thailand-Vietnam Friendship Association (TVFA) and five Thai corporations as well as their efforts to call for donations of medical equipment and materials to Vietnam during the fight against COVID-19 last year, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh on August 27 expressed his hope that authorities of Chanthaburi province will promote cooperation with Vietnamese localities towards the signing of twinned relations.
A forum was held in Hanoi on July 11 to connect enterprises of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Thailand and those in the Hanoi region, creating an occasion for boosting partnerships in trade, investment and tourism.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow lauded Vietnam’s rapid economic development over the past years, especially in energy, during his meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh on July 1.
Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on May 5 affirmed that Thailand wants to cooperate with Vietnam in such fields as information infrastructure, cloud computing, social network management, digital transformation and digital economy.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh had a meeting on March 16 with Thai Minister of Construction Saksayam Chidchob who affirmed that Thailand is interested in strengthening transport cooperation with Vietnam.