The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, Surapong Tovichakchaikul is listening to Myung Pil Shim, the Minister of the Office of National River Restoration on the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project at the Ipo Weir site.
The Minister Surapong reported the current status of Thailand as the worst flooding situation in the past 50 years, “The flood damage in Thailand had happened mostly by the overflow of the Chao Phraya River, which runs across the downtown Bangkok.” He stressed desperately that “the submerged area is an international breadbasket that we must prevent flooding to secure food supply of Asia.”
After the field trip, the Minister Surapong expressed the broad applicability of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project of Korea in Thailand for disasters prevention against flood and torrential rainfall. He stated that he will report back to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra about the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project and soon dispatch a team of executives to be inherited of the know-how.
