Anutin heads to Vietnam to turn stronger ties into trade and investment gains
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will lead a high-level government and business delegation to Vietnam this week, aiming to turn strengthened Thai-Vietnamese relations into concrete economic cooperation, investment opportunities and closer private-s
Key facts
Anutin, who is also Interior Minister, is scheduled to make an official visit to Hanoi on Monday and Tuesday (June 8-9) and attend the 3rd ASEAN Future Forum, Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said.
Thailand and Vietnam have set a target of raising bilateral trade to US$25 billion, with Thai government data placing current trade at about US$24 billion
These included the Plan of Action on Implementing the Thailand-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for 2026-2031, a science, technology and innovation cooperation arrangement, an MOU on the development of an MRO centre at U-Tapao
The two leaders also jointly opened the Thailand-Vietnam Business Forum 2026 in Bangkok under the theme “Growing Together: Celebrating 50 Years of Thailand-Viet Nam Relations”
Vietnam’s government has noted that the two countries upgraded relations to a Strategic Partnership in 2013 and to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on May 16, 2025.
Summary
Anutin, who is also Interior Minister, is scheduled to make an official visit to Hanoi on Monday and Tuesday (June 8-9) and attend the 3rd ASEAN Future Forum, Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said.
The visit is expected to build on the upgraded momentum in bilateral relations following the recent visit to Thailand by To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of Vietnam.