The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Thailand’s Public Relations Department (PRD) have agreed to intensify reporting on the two countries and increasing cooperation in various fields.
At the 14th Joint Technical Committee (JTC) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – The Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) and Thailand’s Public Relations Department (PRD) have agreed to intensifyreporting on the two countries and increasing cooperation in various fields todevelop the relations between the two government-level information agencies.
The agreement was reached at the 14th JointTechnical Committee (JTC) meeting held in Bangkok on September 27 under the co-chairof VNA Deputy General Director Dinh Dang Quang and his PRD counterpart CharoonChaisorn.
The two sides recognised their effectivecooperation in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at theprevious JTC meeting in Hanoi in 2016.
They alsopinpointed shortcomings in some cooperative contents and discussed measures toincrease the efficiency of joint activities.
Deputy General Director Dinh Dang Quang said theprofessional partnership between VNA and PRD has been developing in recentyears in line with the sound cooperation and friendship between Vietnam andThailand.
For his part, PRD Deputy Director General Charoon Chaisorn hailed the diverse cooperation between VNA and PRD which has incessantlyexpanded over the past decade.ℱ
On theoccasion, the VNA Deputy General Director presented award certificates to TVreporters from the PRD’s National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) for theirwork on the celebration of traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) and socio-economicand cultural life in Vietnam, which won the consolation prize in Vietnam’sNational External Information Service Award 2016.
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At the 14th Joint Technical Committee (JTC) meeting in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: VNA)
