Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a phone call with the new Prime Minister of Thailand.

The two Prime Ministers assessed that the Vietnam-Thailand strategic partnership is developing strongly and effectively in all fields; they agreed that it is necessary to soon upgrade the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated Thailand’s position as Vietnam’s largest trade partner and second largest foreign investor in ASEAN. Vietnam will continue to facilitate Thai enterprises to operate effectively in Vietnam and support Thailand’s “Six Countries, One Destination” initiative to effectively exploit tourism potential among ASEAN countries.

The Prime Minister hopes that the two sides will cooperate closely to promote transport connectivity in the region; strengthen cultural cooperation, education and training, and people-to-people exchange…

The Thai Prime Minister agreed with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the need to closely coordinate, remove difficulties, strive to soon bring two-way trade turnover to 25 billion USD; and strengthen the connection between the two economies through the effective implementation of the “Three Connectivity” Strategy.

The Thai Prime Minister said that Vietnam and Thailand are two economies with close links and complement each other; he hoped that the two countries would cooperate to promote their advantages to become the main economic growth engine in the region.

Discussing regional and international issues of mutual concern, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the two countries continue to cooperate closely, strengthen solidarity and the central role of ASEAN, support Laos in successfully fulfilling its role as ASEAN Chair in 2024, sustainably develop the Mekong sub-region; coordinate to maintain ASEAN’s common stance on the East Sea, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully invited Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to soon pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 4th Vietnam-Thailand Joint Cabinet Meeting.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra happily accepted the invitation; he hopes to meet and discuss directly on the occasion of the two Prime Ministers attending multilateral conferences such as the ASEAN Summit in the near future.