By Bangkok (VNA) – The Thailand-Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Myanmar Business Forum 2023 took
place from November 17-19 in Thailand’s Udon Thani province, promoting
connection among enterprises in the five countries.
Speaking at the
event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh said that the forum is
a turning point in the development of the successes of investment, trade, and tourism
promotion activities in 2022 that overseas Vietnamese businesses in Thailand
conduct in some Vietnamese localities. It is also an appropriate and effective
connection channel for businesses to realise future cooperation opportunities.
According to
President of the Thai-Vietnam Business Association Ho Van Lam, the forum
features product exhibitions, trade promotion activities, technology and
experience exchanges which connect and form networks between Vietnamese
businesses and those in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar as well as
members of the Association of Overseas Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in agriculture,
tourism, services, high technology, export, and finance.
In addition, the
forum also introduces and promotes Vietnam’s investment and business
environment, promoting the export of Vietnamese goods to countries in the
region, contributing to realising the Government’s project on calling on
overseas Vietnamese to join in introducing and consuming Vietnamese products.
Within the framework
of the forum, businesses signed a cooperation agreement expected to
help consolidate and improve the effectiveness of economic cooperation between
the five countries.
According to the
State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, overseas Vietnamese have nearly 400
investment projects in Vietnam with a combined registered capital of about 1.72 billion
USD./.
VNA
