Thai King's Historic Visit to Vietnam Marks 50 Years of Diplomacy, Deepens Ties

General Secretary and President To Lam held talks with King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua in Hanoi on September 15, 2026. The visit by the Thai King is the first in 50 years since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1976, marking an important milestone in the history of bilateral ties. Particularly, this visit symbolizes the deepening of friendly relations, especially following the elevation of bilateral ties into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2025. To emphasized that Vietnam always attaches great importance to its friendly neighboring relations and comprehensive cooperation with Thailand, expressing his hope that the two countries will continue to accompany and support each other in development and contribute to peace, stability, and development in the region. Meanwhile, the King of Thailand affirmed that the Thai Royal Family have always voiced support for strengthening the bonds between the two countries and their peoples, as well as promote the bilateral cooperation across all fields, with a view to bringing shared benefits to their peoples and fostering the development of each nation. The King noted that the strong relationship between the two countries would make crucial contributions to peace, stability, and shared development in the region. Both sides hailed the positive developments in the bilateral ties over the past 50 years and reiterated their resolve to enhance political trust by maintaining high-level and other exchanges and visits, make effective use of existing cooperation mechanisms, and effectively implement the Viet Nam-Thailand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They pledged to reinforce economic, trade, and investment cooperation towards a more efficient manner; further intensify people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in education, culture, tourism, and transport connectivity; and step up local-to-local linkages. The host and the guest highly valued coordination between the two nations at multilateral forums and regional and subregional cooperation mechanisms. Both sides vowed to continue positive contributions to further strengthen ASEAN solidarity and unity and uphold the bloc's centrality./. ONLINE NEWSPAPER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Editor-in-chief: Nguyen Hong Sam License: No. 102/GP-BTTTT dated on April 15, 2024. Head office: No. 16, Le Hong Phong - Ba Dinh - Ha Noi Tel: 080 43162 – 080 48440; Fax: 080 48924 Email: [email protected]