On 26^th July 2023, Lieutenant Colonel Hassachai  Iamlaor, WVO Assistant Director – General (Executive) as a representative of WVO Director – General attended the reception to celebrate the Japan Self-Defense Forces Day which was held at The Okura Prestige Hotel Bangkok. On this occasion, he also gave a gift basket to Colonel Yuichiro Maruta in regard to bid farewell at the end of his term of office as Japan Defence Attaché to Thailand, and in order to welcome his successor, Colonel Eiji Umetani.