Vietnamese, Thai localities seek multi-faceted cooperation
Bangkok (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand
Phan Chi Thanh held a working session with Governor of Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom
province Wanchai Janporn on May 19 to
discuss measures to promote cooperation between their localities in the fields of
investment, trade, economy, tourism, culture, and people-to-people exchange.
The governor welcomed the visit of the Vietnamese delegation
on the occasion of President Ho Chi Minh's 133rd birthday, adding that the
memorial site dedicated to the late leader of Vietnam and the Thailand-Vietnam
Friendship Village in Nakhon Phanom, where the late President lived and
worked in 1928 and 1929, is a historic and cultural relic with important
significance for their bilateral relations.
He expressed his desire to promote multifaceted cooperation
with Vietnamese localities, through road and rail transportation connectivity
between Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.
Acknowledging the contributions of the Vietnamese community
to the local socio-economic development, Wanchai
affirmed his support for the community in the province, and for the
maintenance of the memorial site of President Ho Chi Minh.
For his part, the Vietnamese Ambassador highlighted the fruitful
results of the ties between the two
nations in various sectors and indicated that Nakhong Phanom has great
advantages in strengthening cooperation with Vietnamese localities.
The same day, the Vietnamese diplomat visited the
International Aviation College - Nakhon Phanom University, the only
facility that offers pilot and flight attendant training in the northeast
region of Thailand.
Nakhom Phanom University has cooperated with many higher
education establishments in central Vietnam for more than 20 years. More than 500
Vietnamese students have studied at this institution. Every year, about 300
Thai students at the university choose Vietnamese as their foreign language
subject.
To further promote collaboration between the two countries in the field of education, the ambassador suggested that the university continue to promote the teaching and learning of the Thai and Vietnamese languages for students from the two countries, and form sisterly relations with Vietnamese institutions./.