Nation Thailand
50 Years of Thailand-Vietnam Relations: From the Foundations of Ho Chi Minh’s Legacy to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
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Throughout this process, the legacy of President Ho Chi Minh has been regarded as an important humanistic foundation that has contributed to the formation and development of the friendship between Vietnam and Thailand.
Key facts
- Throughout this process, the legacy of President Ho Chi Minh has been regarded as an important humanistic foundation that has contributed to the formation and development of the friendship between Vietnam and Thailand.
- Second, connectivity between production bases and business communities plays a key role in expanding markets and promoting bilateral investment, aiming to achieve a trade turnover of USD 25 billion in the near future.
- In February 2004, the two sides issued a Joint Declaration on the Framework of Vietnam-Thailand Cooperation
- More notably, during the visit to Thailand by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (June 25-27, 2013), the two countries upgraded their relationship to a “Strategic Partnership,”
- Subsequently, the Action Program for the implementation of the Strategic Partnership for the 2014-2018 period was signed during the official visit to Vietnam by the Prime Minister of Thailand in November 2014.
- The process of upgrading relations from a Strategic Partnership (2013) to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2025) reflects the profound and substantive development of bilateral ties.
Summary
THE OPINION
President Ho Chi Minh first came to Thailand in July 1928 with the aim of promoting patriotism among the Vietnamese expatriate community living and working there, thereby laying the groundwork for advancing the struggle against French colonialism in Vietnam.