In his address at the Vietnam-Thailand Business Forum held in Bangkok, as part of his official visit to Thailand, General Secretary and President Lam suggested that cooperation go beyond ordinary goods exchange, aiming at joint production, joint processing, joint distribution, and joint brand building. According to the top leader, based on complementary strengths in agriculture, food, consumer goods, retail, energy, tourism, and services, the two sides can connect more deeply in production, e-commerce, green standards, and traceability to jointly create products and supply chains. and new values with the ASEAN imprint.
“It’s necessary to boost ‘three connections’ to form a complementary economic space between Vietnam and Thailand. First is production connection, including deeper linkages in supply chains, processing industries, automobiles, electronics, agriculture, food and consumer goods. Next is infrastructure connection, which means better coordination of road, air, and seaport logistics, distribution centers and cross-border e-commerce. Final is transformation connection which promotes the green and circular economy, clean energy, digital economy, innovation, and human resource training,” Mr. Lam said.
For his part, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul called on both sides to prepare for the future economy, especially in green economy, renewable energy, digital transformation, science, technology, and innovation.
The success of cooperation between Thailand and Vietnam would not be possible without the strong role of the private sector and the business community, which have always been important drivers of trade, investment, and economic connectivity between the two countries, he added.
General Secretary and President To Lam and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul witnessed the launch of Vietnam Airlines' direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phuket with 4 round-trip flights per week starting from early July.
The two leaders also witnessed Vietjet's announcement of its new generation Boeing 737-8 fleet of Vietjet Thailand and the milestone of 50 million passengers on the Vietnam-Thailand flight network.
They also witnessed Vietnamese businesses in science and technology, energy, oil and gas, and aviation exchanging cooperation agreements with Thai partners on AI transformation, smart manufacturing, tourism, financial services, and technological solutions.
