PM pushes for stronger cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand
VOV.VN - The Government of Vietnam always supports and facilitates Ambassador Urawadee Sriphiromya’s efforts to further promote the growing Enhanced Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Thailand, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the newly accredited diplomat.
Receiving the ambassador in Hanoi on February 7, Chinh expected that Urawadee would help foster visit exchanges, among other activities, to mark the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations in 2026. He expressed a desire to welcome the Prime Minister of Thailand for an official visit to Vietnam in 2025.
The PM urged both countries to maintain the effectiveness of existing bilateral mechanisms and to prioritize implementing the Three Connections Strategy on a mutually beneficial basis. He emphasized the need to strengthen tourism cooperation, infrastructure connectivity, and security and defense cooperation, including combating terrorist and subversive organizations and ensuring that neither country’s territory is used by individuals or groups against the other.
He appreciated the Thai Embassy’s coordination in organizing the “Meet Thailand” conferences in Lao Cai in August 2024 and in Da Nang a month later to connect businesses from both countries. He requested the Ambassador to continue promoting trade, investment, economic ties, and local partnerships between the two countries.
On this occasion, the PM thanked the Government of Thailand for facilitating the preservation and development of President Ho Chi Minh’s relic sites and museums, as well as the Vietnam Town in Thailand. He also appreciated the government of Thailand supporting the integration and stable lives of the Vietnamese-Thai community, practically contributing to Thailand’s development and bilateral relations.
Urawadee for her part conveyed greetings from Thai leaders to the Vietnamese PM, and affirmed her commitment to promoting high-level visits between the two countries’ leaders in 2025. She pledged to do her utmost to strengthen the friendly relations and Enhanced Strategic Partnership during her term.
The Thai Ambassador also agreed that both sides should continue to enhance cooperation within ASEAN and at regional organizations where both are members, including the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS).
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