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Rice production focus as Thai PM visits Vietnam next week
By k on July 3, 2009
BANGKOK, July 3 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will pay a one-day official visit to Vietnam on July 10 to strengthen bilateral relations between the two nations, particularly regarding rice production cooperation, according to Deputy Secretary to the prime minister Dr. Panithan Wattanayagorn.
Dr. Panithan, also acting government spokesman, said the trip was also considered as an introductory trip for the Thai prime minister, who assumed office in December last year.
Mr. Abhisit and his entourage were scheduled to leave Bangkok early next Friday morning and would return at 10.55 pm the same day.
During the visit, the prime minister would pay a courtesy call to Vietnam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet, meet his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung and Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Secretary-General Nong Duc Manh.
Both sides were expected to discuss the ways to strengthen the bilateral relations and to carry on existing policy on each nations and to adjust and modernise the ties between the two countries, said Dr. Panithan.
The main concerns to be discussed by the two prime ministers are trade, investment, tourism, transport and communication.
“The main focus will be … rice as Thailand and Vietnam are the number one and two producers respectively among the world’s top rice exporters, and Thailand is planning to ask for the cooperation from Vietnam to set up regional rice stock partnership,” he said.
However, this initiative will depend on the prospects for rice production in Vietnam as the country’s volume of domestic consumption is still high and a lower volume is planned for export, he said.
There will also be discussion on increasing the land area dedicated to rice production, Dr. Panithan said. (TNA)
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