This is an important mechanism helping to boost locality-level cooperation interms of economics, trade, investment and tourism, given twinned relations between nearly20 pairs of Vietnamese and Thai localities, Thanh said at a meeting with ChanthaburiGovernor Sutee Thongyam during his working visit to the province.
Sutee said that the tourism sectors ofThailand and Vietnam have a lot of prospects for cooperation, especially whenboth countries reopened their doors after the COVID-19 pandemic, helping toattract more tourists to each other in the coming time.
He told the Vietnamese diplomat that Chanthaburi hasstrengths in agriculture and is a centre for the production and trade ofprecious gemstones.
The Chairman of the province’s Chamber of Commerce expressedhope to promote connectivity between businesses of the province and Vietnameselocalities.
Thanh affirmed his willingness to help boost theconnectivity, proposing Chanthaburi soon send a business delegation to Vietnam.
He also took this occasion to thank Chanthaburi authoritiesfor their assistance to the Vietnamese community in the province./.