On July 2nd, at the National Mall, Washington, DC, the United States of America, the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington organized the Thai Festival in Washington, SAWASDEE DC, to celebrate 190 years of Thai-US relations. It is also a way to publicize Thailand, Thai culture, and promote Thailand's Soft Power to be more well-known. Under the project to connect diplomatic relations with Muay Thai competitions Soft Power to International

For a project to connect diplomatic relations with a Muay Thai match. Soft Power to International has 5 main agencies jointly responsible for the project, namely International Federation of Muay Thai Sports Associations (IFMA), Professional Boxing Association of Thailand, National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) and Office of the Boxing Commission, SAT, with participants such as Stephan Fox, secretary-general of Ifma, "left-handed nation" Mr. Somchat Charoenwatcharawit President of the Professional Boxing Association of Thailand, Dr. Supranee Guptasa, Manager of the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), including Buakaw Banchamek, a famous Thai boxer. Among the American Muay Thai fans who worked hard together

on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and the United States shows the friendship between them And working together closely creates mutual benefits for a long time of the two countries and the policy of the Thai government has supported the promotion of Soft Power of Thailand to the international level. Emphasizing the importance of Soft Power's support policy to drive Thailand's creative industries to be known around the world. Ready to advise government agencies to work with the private sector. Covering both producers, artists, and personnel behind the scenes to push Soft Power for maximum economic benefits. According to the policy that aims to promote the 5F culture to become an important cultural resource of Thailand, including food (Food), movies and videos (Film), Thai fashion design (Fashion), Thai martial arts (Fighting) and Thai traditional festivals ( Festival)

One of the 5F is Thai martial art (Fighting), which is Muay Thai, which is the direct duty of the Professional Boxing Association of Thailand to disseminate. Support Muay Thai to go international and from driving Muay Thai Soft power to international at this time Muay Thai soft power has been very popular In addition, Muay Thai can be driven to create economic value in all forms, whether in the Muay Thai product industry. service industry and tourism By Muay Thai can create a hundred thousand million economy. And can continue to develop further until it is widely known internationally and reaches the world's highest point

Diplomatic Relations Project with Muay Thai Competition Soft Power to International Will rotate to continue activities in 4 other countries, namely Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Morocco to promote Muay Thai. Encourage it to be more widely known abroad in all 5 countries. and services in Muay Thai can be tangible It also promotes arts and culture. which is the identity of being Thai to the world

For the goal of the project is Cooperation and coordination with Muay Thai sports network organizations both in the country and abroad. Make money for professional boxing athletes. Boxing camps in the country are increasingly popular. Including generating income for products and services in the Muay Thai industry. Finally, professional Muay Thai has gained popularity internationally with greater unity, which will lead to the big goal of all sectors of Thailand, namely Pushing Muay Thai to be included in the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA.

Source: Thai News Agency