Boosting culture and tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and his Thai counterpart Thanasak Patimaprakorn agreed to continue to promote culture and tourism cooperation between the two countries, making it more practical and effective.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and his Thai counterpart Thanasak Patimaprakorn (Photo: VGP)

The consensus was reached during a meeting between the two Deputy Prime Ministers as the Thai Deputy Prime Minister was on a visit to Vietnam.

During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam stressed that the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Thailand had continuously developed, especially since Vietnam and Thailand set up strategic partnership in 2013. “The political, economic, cultural and social cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand has been further reinforced and increased,” he said.

Exchanges of cultural delegations between the two countries have become important activities in the cooperation.

Vietnam and Thailand regularly support each other in regional and international forums and cultural institutions, including the ASEAN Committee for Culture and Information, the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) and the World Heritage Committee.

In terms of tourism, the two sides agreed on the draft plan on Vietnam - Thailand tourism cooperation for the 2016-2018 period, and established a working group on tourism development.

Besides, visas are exempted for tourists of the two countries, while a number of flights linking big cities and tourism sites between the two countries opens in a day, and road tourism routes link Thailand’s northeastern region and Vietnam’s Hue and Da Nang cities.

The two Deputy Ministers discussed orientations for culture and tourism cooperation in the future.

(Source: CPV)