PM meets with Romanian President of Chamber of DeputiesRanong Travel Cabinet Approval of projects worth over 500 million baht

Bucharest: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Romanian President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfred Simonis on January 22 (local time) as part of his official visit to the European country. Affirming Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of relations, PM Chinh underscored that Vietnam always values and wants to enhance relations with its traditional partners in Central and Eastern Europe, with Romania being the one with a top priority. Alfred Simonis, for his part, described the Vietnamese Government leader's visit as an important milestone in the sound traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries. He spoke highly of the socio-economic achievements that Vietnam has carved out over the past time as well as the country's increasing role and position in the international arena. He also affirmed that Romania always treasures and hopes to bolster the ties with Vietnam - its traditional friendship partner in the Southeast As ian region. At the event, both sides expressed their delight at the positive development in the bilateral ties across various areas. As the relations hold huge potential for further development, the two leaders agreed to enhance the exchange of delegations at all levels via Party, State and parliament channels so as to promote political trust and reach consensus on measures to strengthen the bilateral ties. The Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies hailed the fruitful inter-parliamentary between the two parliaments with regular exchange of delegations between leaders of parliaments, parliaments' committees and friendship parliamentarians. Meanwhile, PM Chinh asserted that Vietnam wants to cooperate and share experience in the fields of legislation and supreme supervision, while recommending the two parliaments support and promote the implementation of the cooperation deals reached between the two governments, particularly those in economy, trade and investment. The Vietnamese Government leader took th e occasion to thank the Romanian parliament for assisting the negotiations and signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and becoming one of the first in the EU adopting the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA). He suggested the Romanian Chamber of Deputies continue hastening the parliaments of other EU nations to ratify the EVIPA soon, and back the European Commission to lift the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) "yellow card" on Vietnamese seafood. Simonis agreed that both sides need to promote the efficiency of the inter-governmental mechanism on economic cooperation, continue rolling out the EVFTA. Highlighting the robust cooperation in education-training, agriculture, culture-tourism, and labour, the two leaders concurred to boost collaboration in those traditional areas and expand to other potential ones such as IT, green finance and innovation so as to branch out the friendship in all fields. This was the last activity of PM Chinh during his working trip to Europe to attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54) in Davos, Switzerland and official visits to Hungary and Romania. PM Chinh, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation then left Bucharest for Hanoi./. Source: Vietnam News Agency Ranong, Traveling Cabinet meeting in Ranong Province. This is considered the second province of this government. It went well. Despite the clear gathering of those opposing the Land Bridge project The first stop was to meet the Prime Minister while actually visiting the area. at Laem Son National Park yesterday Continuing today with the gathering waiting to submit a letter to the Prime Minister. at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Ranong Province, before the Prime Minister returns to Bangkok. But the Prime Minister's clear indication that he was ready to listen to proposals and information from all sides made the protesters satisfied. and can wait for an answer from the government There were no serious incidents. During this meeting over the past two days As for the atmosphere of today's traveling Cabinet meeting, it is similar to traveling in many past governments. The host province will present various good things, outstanding items, and unique characteristics. Let the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Starting with Thai patterned clothes. 'Saprak Ranong' which is an indigo batik cloth The pattern is mixed between the Rajakanya flower pattern. Mixed Chinese wrench pattern Under the concept of the city of 8 rain, 4 sun in Ranong province. While good and outstanding items were presented, the Prime Minister tasted dried preserved mangosteen. Smell the shrimp paste of Ranong that it has a different aroma than shrimp paste in other areas along with emphasizing that the value of local shrimp paste must be created to differentiate it from the factory Not only food and utensils Ranong Hot Springs The most famous tourist attractions in the province are not missed by national leaders who travel to visit. Cabinet results were as expected: 6 Andaman, Trang, Phang Nga, Krabi, Phuket, Satun and Ranong received benefits throughout. The Prime Minister himself made a statement, stating that the traveling cabinet approved 13 important projects that are ready and will be completed within one year, 13 projects with a budget of 350 million baht, and 5 projects that are private proposals with a budget of 202 million baht. Not only various projects Will receive Cabinet approval in Ranong this time and also end the Dama issue in the case of Morgan students on Koh Phayam having to wade through the water to go to school because the Cabinet resolved to build a bridge. As for the small drama that is compounded, in the case of the Ministry of Agriculture helicopter. Landed while Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Minister of Interior Do activities with the kids Until having to run and spread dust Received confirmation from Capt. Thammanat Phromphao, Minister of Agriculture. that there was no conflict Because he and Mr. Anutin are dear friends. Please don't make it an issue. Source: Thai News Agency