President of the Senate of Thailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai (R) hosts Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh. (Photo: VNA)Bangkok (VNA) – President of the Senate ofThailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai hailed the effective and practicalcooperation between the Vietnamese and Thai parliaments, while hosting AmbassadorPhan Chi Thanh in Bangkok on September 7.
He said he hopes to welcome more high-level delegations from the Vietnamese NationalAssembly so as to enhance collaboration in the time to come, stressing the Thai Senate values the operation of the Vietnam – Thailand ParliamentariansFriendship Group and pledging he will urge the new parliament to perfect thegroup so as to further collaboration with the Vietnamese NA.
The Thai legislator also took the occasion to express his delight at theextensive and practical cooperation between the two countries, both bilaterallyand multilaterally, adding they should join hands and promote the “threeconnections” initiative, bolster cooperation mechanisms in all fields, and paydue attention to culture and education cooperation, with focus on the teachingand learning of Vietnamese and Thai languages in each nation.
For his part, Ambassador Thanh reviewed the outcomes of the Vietnam – Thailand strategicpartnership over the past 10 years, with the inter-parliamentary cooperation beinga pillar, saying the Vietnamese embassy will work closely with theParliamentarians Friendship Group to enhance delegation exchange as well as othercooperative activities.
He said he hopes that the Thai Senate will keep supports for Thaienterprises to continue landing green investments in Vietnam, especially in environmentally-friendlyprojects, green agriculture and infrastructure development.
Besides, Thanh also expected the Senate, through theparliamentary cooperation mechanisms, will assist other fields of cooperationsuch as culture, education, health care, science-technology and people-to-peopleexchange./.
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