BANGKOK, 28 April 2015 – Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation to cover more areas.
Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dung on the sidelines of the 26th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia.
Both leaders touched on the success of the second Thailand-Vietnam Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation. Gen. Prayut invited his Vietnamese counterpart to visit Thailand for the third meeting when all cooperation are expected to be further materialized.
The two prime ministers also agreed to expand bilateral trade to hit the 15-billion-dollar level by 2020, while speeding up on the preparation of a memorandum of understanding on labor cooperation.
In addition, the meeting discussed agricultural cooperation particularly in the production and the distribution of rubber, while Thailand proposed another collaboration on fishery to help elevate the quality of life of fishermen and tackle the problem of illegal fishing.
