On July 7th, 2011 at the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Ms. Churairat Sangboonnum, the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education and Ms. Srirat Rastapana, the Director General of the Trade Negotiations Department within the Ministry of Commerce signed an MOU on cooperation between both ministries. The signing took place during a seminar and workshop on “Readiness Preparation for the ASEAN Economic Community”. The participants in attendance were 300 MOE educational administrators, teachers, students and educational personnel