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Thai late King Bhumibol’s birthday marked in HCM City

The Thai Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony in the city on December 5 to mark the 90th National Day of Thailand and the birthday of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Thai late King Bhumibol’s birthday marked in HCM City ảnh 1Participants at the event (Photo: VNA)


HCM City (VNA) – The Thai Consulate General in Ho Chi MinhCity held a ceremony in the city on December 5 to mark the 90th National Day of Thailand and the birthday of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Addressing the event, Thai Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Ureerat Ratanaprukse highlighted the devotion ofthe late Thai King to the country’s development on the foundation of efficiencyeconomy philosophy.

The King’s birthday, December 5, has been chosen by the United Nationsas the Soil Day in honour of his initiatives related to soil.

Regarding the Vietnam-Thailand relations, the diplomat underscored thedynamism and the sound economic-political partnership between the two countrieswith many visits of senior leaders as well as growing trade and investmentcooperation.

Meanwhile, Le Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’sCommittee conveyed greetings to Thai people on the day, while showing hisbelief that the friendship and all-round collaboration between the twocountries and the relations between the city and Thai localities will continuethriving.

Liem noted that Thai investors are running 458 projects worth 8.2billion USD in many Vietnamese localities. Thailand is the 10th largestout of 116 foreign investors in Vietnam.

With more than 180 invested projects with total investment of more than270 million USD, Thailand is the 13th biggest foreign investor in HoChi Minh City, he said.

In 11 months of 2017, trade between the city and Thailand reached nearly2.7 billion USD, while over 100,000 Thai tourists visited the city in theperiod, added Liem.-VNA 

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