A statement from the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 22nd stated: At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul and his wife, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Lam and his wife, along with a high-level Vietnamese delegation, will pay an official visit to Thailand from May 27-29.
The visit takes place in the context of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Thailand developing positively. Thailand attaches importance to consolidating and developing good friendly cooperative relations with Vietnam.
The two sides regularly deploy high-level contact activities. The two sides maintain the cooperation mechanism of the Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperation at the Foreign Ministers' level (5th time on April 2024) and Political Consultations at the Deputy Foreign Ministers' level (10th time on September 2024).
Thailand is currently Vietnam's largest trading partner in ASEAN. In 2025, total two-way trade turnover reached 22.1 billion USD, up 9% compared to 2024; of which our exports reached 8.8 billion USD, up 12.7%; imports reached 13.3 billion USD, up 6.7%. In the first 4 months of 2026, total two-way trade turnover reached nearly 8.6 billion USD, up 24% compared to the same period in 2025.
Vietnam's high-value export items include telephones, computers, electronic products and components; machinery, equipment, means of transport and spare parts; chemical products; iron and steel, crude oil, textiles, vegetables, fruits, seafood... High-value import items from Thailand include computers, electronic products and components; completely built-up cars; household electrical appliances and components; machinery, equipment and spare parts; automobile components and spare parts; plastic raw materials, metals, chemicals...
Regarding investment, Thailand currently has 797 valid investment projects with a total registered capital of 15.4 billion USD, ranking 8th/153 countries with investment in Vietnam and 2nd among ASEAN countries with investment in Vietnam (after Singapore).
Thai investors mainly invest in the fields of processing and manufacturing industry, manufacturing, wind power, petrochemicals, real estate business, wholesale and retail.
Vietnam has about more than 20 valid investment projects, with a total registered capital of about 40 million USD. The projects are mainly in the fields of processing and manufacturing industry, real estate business and wholesale and retail.
The two sides are promoting the development of specific contents to implement the "Three Connections" Strategy: Supply Chain Connection; Connecting businesses and localities of the two countries; Connecting sustainable growth strategies.
The two sides have a number of important cooperation mechanisms including the Joint Trade Committee (4th meeting in April 2022) and the Energy Forum (2nd meeting in October 2022).
