Vietnam’s southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand’s capital Bangkok set up friendship relations, as stated in an agreement signed on April 3, with the aim of bolstering bilateral strategic partnership.
Accordingly, both sides will work to facilitate the exchange of information and experience and focus on promoting cooperation in respective fields of strength, in particular trade, investment, education-training, science and technology, culture, tourism and urban development.
On the day, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan received Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra and his entourage during their working visit to the city.
Quan highlighted that the co-operation between Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok has formed important part of the two countries’ sound relations.
For his part, Sukhumbhand Paribatra underscored that Bangkok is willing to work together with Ho Chi Minh City in fields of shared interest.
He said that more Thai businesspeople would visit Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam in the future due to their growing interests in investment potentials here.
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