thailand and vietnam aim to build closer ties between their citizens in the run up to the asean community (ac) at the end of this year,the president of the Thailand-vietnam friendship association Prachuab chaiyasarn said.
"thailand and vietnamese have a long history of interactions including with Uncle ho chi minh and vietnamese tourists have visited his house where he lived in the 1920s," Mr Prachuab said, referring to a safe house where ho lived in nakhon phanom province.
the friendship association is also organising a business seminar which will be attended by thai and vietnamese businessmen during the vietnamese premier's visit