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Vietnam, Thailand enhance cooperation in digital economy, transformation

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.
Vietnam, Thailand enhance cooperation in digital economy, transformation ảnh 1Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn (C) and Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) - Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society ChaiwutThanakamanusorn on May 5 affirmed that Thailand wants to cooperate with Vietnamin such fields as information infrastructure, cloud computing, social networkmanagement, digital transformation and digital economy.

He made the affirmation during his meeting with VietnameseAmbassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh. The meeting took place after Vietnam andThailand had successfully held the fourth meeting of their Joint TradeCommittee (JTC) in Bangkok, achieving many important contents and agreeing to maintaincoordination to remove bottlenecks in bilateral economic cooperation.

Thanh proposed the Thai ministry and Vietnam's Ministry ofInformation and Communications intensify information sharing, promote furthercooperation in digital economy and digital transformation, considersupplementing cooperation on digital transformation and digitaleconomy and soon sign a new memorandum of understanding to facilitate collaboration activities in the new context.

He also suggested the two sides promote cooperation, and establisha mechanism to exchange and share experience in digital transformation anddigital economic development in association with each country's growthstrategy.

Both sides need to boost collaboration and share experiencein fake news management in order to establish a safe and healthy onlineenvironment, he stressed.

The Vietnamese ambassador proposed the Thai side create favourableconditions for Vietnamese information technology enterprises to invest and dobusiness in the country, and suggested the two ministries resume working visitsand meetings at all levels.

The embassy is ready to support and connect to promotecooperation between the two ministries in the coming time, he added.

For his part, Minister Chaiwut said that the two sides shouldcontinue promoting cooperation activities after more than two years of hiatusdue to the COVID-19 pandemic. He agreed with Ambassador Thanh's proposals,affirming that his ministry will soon consider and handle them.

He agreed to restart bilateral exchanges between the twoministries at all levels, affirming to support and facilitate Vietnamese IT firms’investment and business in the country, thus contributing to further promotingcooperation in investment, trade and tourism between Thailand and Vietnam./.
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