Committee on Commerce and Intellectual Property, House of Representatives made a study visit to the National Council of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. They were welcomed by Mr. Nguyen Van Phuc, Vice-Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee Assembly-Socialist Republic of Vietnam. During the study visit, they exchanged views as follows:

1. Industry and foreign investment
In the past, there was a war in Vietnam, a revolution in the south of the country. Those became the obstacles in country development. However in the recent year, the country was rapidly developed because there was a strategy based on the theory of setting

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The Committee on Information and Communications Technology, House of Representatives made a study visit at Vietnam Data Communication Company (VDC). They were welcomed by Mr. Vu Hoang Lien, the company's chief executive. In each meeting agenda, both sides exchanged views as follows:

1. Business overview of Vietnam Data Communication Company (VDC)
1.1 Company History
Vietnam Data Communication Company established in December 1989, by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT). The company is the leader of the Internet, data communication, and the country's information technology. It has the lar

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The Chairperson of the Thai-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group led the commission to pay a visit and join a bilateral meeting with some of Singapore's top high-profile people a follows: 1) A courtesy visit to H.E. Mr. Charles Chong, Vice President of Singapore Parliament. 2) Bilateral meeting with Ms.Foo Mee Har, Vice President and a Member of the Parliament of Singapore, Southeast Asia Region. 3) Bilateral meeting with Minister H.E. Ms. Josephine Teo, Senior State Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In each meeting agenda, both sides exchanged views as follows:

1) Overview of the relationship between Thailand and Singapore

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The President of the Thailand-Philippine Parliamentarians Friendship Group led the commission to visit the Republic of the Philippines in order to foster stronger bilateral relations between Thailand and the Philippines and to prepare to join the ASEAN Community in 2015. On this occasion, they paid homage and met for bilateral discussions with high priority people of the Philippine Parliament as follows: 1) Paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr.Feliciano Belmonte, President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines and Hon Mr. Crispin Remulla, Vice President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines 2) Attended a bilateral meeting with Hon.Mr.Victor F. Ortega, Mem

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The Tourism and Sports Commission made a study visit on tourism and sports of the Republic of Singapore as follows:
Singapore places the importance on strategies and techniques in attracting tourists to generate income. The Singapore government has invested more than 754,000 million baht to stimulate numbers of the Tourism economy which analysts viewed that the number of tourists in Singapore has increased each year. In addition to the opening of a new theme park, Universal Studio Singapore, there is another factor from the organization of the Formula 1 race which can attract tens of thousands of tourists each year.
The tourism development budget has been allocated for the organization of

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Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives brought a delegation to pay homage to Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia and exchanged views with Mr Chiang Wun, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs International cooperation Information and Mass Communication at the National Assembly Building of the National Assembly of Cambodia as follows:
-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives as the head of the expedition of Thai's side said that the Thai-Cambodian relationship has very close cultural and geographic roots. In the past, Thailand placed the importance of Cambodia as a very close neighbor and this commi

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President of Thailand-Singapore Parliamentarians Friendship Group led the delegation to pay a courtesy call and have bilateral meetings with high-level persons of Singapore as follows: 1) A courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Charles Chong, Vice President of Singapore Parliament 2) A bilateral meeting with Ms. Foo Mee Har, Vice Chairperson of Singapore-South East Asia Parliamentarians Friendship Group 3) A bilateral meeting with M.E. Ms. Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In each session, both sides exchanged views on the following matters;

1) Overview of Thailand-Singapore Relations
Thailand and Singa

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The Senate Standing Committee on Education made a study visit on the preparation for supporting the entry of ASEAN Community to the related agencies in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The summary of the study visit is as follows:

1. Royal Thai Embassy, Vientiane
Mr. Udomsak Sritangos, Chargé d' Affaires, gave a briefing on Lao PDR which can be summarized as follows:

Foreign Affairs and International Economic Policies of the government of Lao PDR
- Expedite the promotion and development of international relations with neighbouring countri

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The Senate Standing Committee on Education exchanged ideas with Professor
Dr. Dao Trong Thi, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and Juvenile, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The summary of this exchange is as follows.
- The Vietnamese Government emphasizes on teaching foreign languages by allocating the budget exceeding 3 million baht to organize programmes to develop foreign languages skills of Vietnamese students during their primary and early secondary education because foreign languages development will help Vietnam enter the international community efficiently. At the same time, Vietnamese students are more interested to study foreign languages because it wil

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The Senate Standing Committee on Armed Forces visited the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss official matters with high-ranked officials on disaster preventions and disaster victim supports. After that, the Committee visited the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh and discussed official matters and exchange opinions. The Committee obtained background information on politics, economics and societies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which can be summarized as follows:

1. Disaster preventions and mitigations
The Senate Standing Committee on Armed forces visited the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developme

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The Senate Standing Committee on Religions, Morals, Ethics, Arts and Culture visited and studied about Architectural structure design with urban community wayof life, city planning, social welfare and quality of life protection. The summary of the study visit is as follows:

1. Architectural structure design with urban community way of life
Architectural Buildings in Singapore are remarkable, ultramodern and relatedto city development. Due to the limitation on area of Singapore, the designers emphasized on a utilization of land effectively and maximally together with a creation of innovation and a development to conform an econo

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The Consul General of Thailand in Ho Chi Minh City led the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Cooperatives to pay a courtesy call on the Chairman of Can Tho City People’s Committee as well as the Can Tho Governor. On this occasion, the Committee on Agriculture and Cooperatives also made a study visit at Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute. Summaries are as follows;

1. Agricultural Potential of Can Tho City
Can Tho City is located on the South of Vietnam, South bank of the Hau Giang River, which is a distributary of

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The Senate Committee on Studying and Inspecting Corruption, Misconduct and Enhancing Good Governance received a briefing on the principles of good governance of Petronas, exchanged opinions and visited the Petronas Twin Towers. On this occasion, the Committee conversed with Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin Bin Datuk Seri Dr. Hj. Megat Khas, Former Chairman and current Independent Non-Executive Director of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board Governance and Risk Committee of Petronas. The summary is as follows:

1. Compositio

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The Senate Committee on Tourism exchanged views with Mr. Peeraphon Prayooravong, Honorary Consul, the Royal Thai Consulate in Denpasar, on tourism information in Bali as follows:

1. Investment in Bali
For investment in Bali, Thai investors conduct business on constructions, cement manufacturing, small diesel fuel supplier, roof tile manufacturing, and hotels. Hotel business is a fat growing business in Bali. However, tourism services are mostly operated by the locals as well as Chinese investors who mainly invest in real estate d

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1. Sa Kaeo Province plays an important role in border trade, tourism services and transportation. The province is also a gateway to South-East Corridor (SEC) connecting to Cambodia in Poipet-Oniang Special Economic Zone and to south of Vietnam through a sea port. As located close to Laem Chabang Port, Sa Kaeo has the opportunity to be a manufacturing base to export goods which support expansion of trade and investment of the country.

2. Sa Kaeo Province created the highest trade value among 7 provinces located along Cambodia border. In 2015, Sa Kaeo

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1. Hydropower Security System Management
The Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Project is a long-term project that builds a dam in the basin of the Mekong River with characteristics of a large storage dam. The dam will have 2 reservoirs to gather water during the rainy season and will release the water during the dry season to provide nourishment to agricultural land to be farmable in the bank of the Mekong River. The dam will incorporate two systems namely pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), which is utilized in Bhumibol Dam and Sirikit Dam, and the run-of-the-river hydroelectricity (ROR), which is utilized in Chao Phraya Dam and Ba

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