Culture of Bangkok - International Relations - Sister Cities

Sister Cities

Bangkok has made sister city and/or friendship agreements with twenty-three other cities in fifteen countries, as of 2013. They are:

  • Washington, D.C., United States, since 1962, renewed in 2002
  • Beijing, China, since 1993
  • Budapest, Hungary, since 1997
  • Brisbane, Australia, since 1997
  • Moscow, Russia, since 1997
  • Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1997
  • Manila, Philippines, since 1997
  • Jakarta, Indonesia, since 2002
  • Hanoi, Vietnam, since 2004
  • Vientiane, Laos, since 2004
  • Astana, Kazakhstan, since 2004
  • Chaozhou, China, since 2005
  • Fukuoka, Japan, since 2006
  • Seoul, South Korea, since 2006
  • Guangzhou, China, since 2009
  • Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2009
  • Busan, South Korea, since 2011
  • Chonqing, China, since 2011
  • Tianjin, China, since 2012
  • Ankara, Turkey, since 2012
  • George Town, Malaysia, since 2012
  • Aichi, Japan, since 2012
  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since 2013

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