Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday afternoon leave for Vietnam as scheduled even though she has not yet fully covering from food poisoning, Foreign Minister Surapong Tohvichakchaikul said Wednesday.
A medical team will accompany her to Vietnam and she will skip the dinner reception hosted by Vietnam.Yingluck was admitted to Praram 9 Hospital early Tuesday after suffering from food poisoning believed to have been caused by seafood she had at a restaurant.
Surapong said the premier and her delegation will leave Bangkok for Hanoi at 1pm and will return to Bangkok at 8pm.
He quoted Yingluck as telling him on Tuesday that she did not want to cancel the Vietnam visit because Vietnam has made the preparations to receive her. If her condition was not better after the visit, she would return to the hospital.
Topics of discussion between Yingluck and Vietnam leaders will involve the purchase of natural gas, mutual investments as well as bilateral cooperation including natural disaster management, Mekong Basin and food security.
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