Japan And Third Army Think So

The Third Army's operation center, with Japanese specialists, is promoting bamboo planting as a viably economic means to earn an honest living. People can turn bamboo into value-added products, which the army hopes could help solve the drug problem along the Thai- Burmese border areas.

Major General Veerawat Tansuhut, Chiang Rai provincial army commander, explained the project during his keynote address to the Thai- Burma cooperation training course to develop border villages under the supervision of the Third Army Region.

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