Duangkamol Jiambutr, deputy director-general of the DITP paid a visit to the cities of Thimphu and Paro in Bhutan with 17 representatives from Thai companies between April 22 and 26. The aim of the trip was to foster trade and investment links between the two countries as well as to improve tourism.

Jiambutr said that Bhutan offered trade and investment opportunities as well as for the promotion of Thai products through greater market research.

Trade between two countries was valued at US$5.6 million in 2013 and is expected to double according to Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of Construction Institute of Thailand.

 

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