PM sees Thai buffaloes as new ‘soft power’

PM sees Thai buffaloes as new 'soft power'
On Wednesday night, following departed, owner Jittanart Limthongkul, next left, and prime minister Srettha Thavisin, next left, cautiously touches the horn of the white water buffalo Ko Muang Phet at Government House. ( Photo: Chanat Katanyu )

Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, sees the garrulous water bull as a form of Thai” soft energy” that can be used in international campaigns and that has the potential to boost national income.

The Association of Thai Buffalo Breeders members at Government House suggested the thought to the prime minister on Wednesday night, and he followed suit.

The producers even brought Ko Muang Phet, the country’s biggest bright water buffalo, to join the prime minister. The bull is four years old, weighs 1.5 kilograms and stands 1.8 feet high.

User of the bull and of Vanasuwan Farm Co., Jittanart Limthongkul, said he wants the government to use Thai cows to project soft power. Ko Muang Phet was displayed on Phra Athit Road on Tuesday, and he claimed that some visitors were drawn to the dog.

He intended to take Ko Muang Phet, one of the many large cattle, to the Songkran liquid event on Khao San Road on April 13 and 14. He claimed that the primary minister had given him advice on how to protect the public. He claimed that water cattle liked ocean and were n’t extreme.

Thai cattle will be promoted as a soft power, according to Prime Minister Srettha, who assured tourists that they would be enthralled to see them at the Songkran event next month.

The primary secretary mandated that a program involving Thai cattle in China be produced in May.

Eventually, Mr. Srettha claimed on X that the Thai bull industry could grow. He claimed that Ko Muang Phet had an 18 million ringgit market value.

” If giant cattle take part in roadshows in China and Vietnam, their price will rise abruptly”, the prime minister wrote.

Mr. Srettha added that he foresaw the growth of relevant industries like grassland farming and buffalo milk, buffalo placenta, and other related products, which would all generate income for farmers, perhaps three times as much as rice cultivation.

Ko Muang Phet, the country’s biggest bright water buffalo, valued at 18 million ringgit, is taken to meet Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin at Government House on Wednesday morning. ( Photo: Chanat Katanyu )