On 4 December 2025, the Royal Thai Embassy organized the Reception on the Occasion of the National Day of the Kingdom of Thailand, The Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great and Thailand’s Father’s Day 5 December 2025 at the Grand Ballroom, The Hotel Brussels. H.E. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, Ambassador of Thailand, presided over the event. About 200 people attended the reception, including members of the diplomatic corps, representatives from the public, private, academia, and civic organizations of Belgium, representatives of EU agencies, as well as Heads of Team Thailand and Embassy and Team Thailand diplomats and staffs.

 

This year's National Day Reception was also held in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, who passed away on 24 October 2025. The participants observed one-minute silence to pay tribute and express profound gratitude to Her Majesty's boundless grace and benevolence. The Ambassador of Thailand highlighted in her speech Her Majesty's lifetime contribution for Thai people and the fact that Her Majesty was deemed the "Mother of the Nation".

 

The reception featured a video presentation on Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's royal duties, and a video presentation on the Thai costumes ("Chud Thai") by the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles. Team Thailand Offices in Brussels, in particular the Office of Commercial Affairs, the Office of Agricultural Affairs and Thai Airways sales office in Brussels joined hands in promoting Thailand's Thai Select branding, agricultural products, tourism in Thailand and information on the Thai Airways daily direct flights between Bangkok-Brussels.

 

Moreover, the Royal Thai Embassy also invited a string quartet comprising Thai and foreign alumni from the Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur to play at the reception the Thai Royal Anthem, the Belgian National Anthem, the European Union's Anthem, as well as His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great's composition.