Yearly Archives: 2013
Hat Yai hotel rooms almost fully booked for vegetarian festival
SONGKHLA, Sept 30 - Over 15,000 hotel rooms in Hat Yai are almost fully booked during the October 4-13 vegetarian festival. Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel...
Central bank sees GDP falling below 4.2%
BANGKOK, Sept 30 –The Bank of Thailand (BoT) will reduce its projection of the country’s 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 4.2 per...
Bt400 billion loss from rice subsidy denied
BANGKOK, Sept 30 – Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan today rejected a report that the government lost Bt400 billion from its rice pledging scheme in...
Floods enlarge across Central Plains
BANGKOK, 30 September 2013 - Flooding in many provinces along the Chao Phraya River is expanding due to heavy rains and water from various...
Livestock officials evacuating farm animals in flooded areas
AYUTTHAYA, 01 October 2013 – Livestock Development Department officials have been dispatched to rescue farm animals across the country that were facing floods. Department...
PM asks all agencies to prepare for Typhoon Wutip’s arrival
BANGKOK, 1 October 2013 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has told related agencies to closely monitor the influence of Typhoon Wutip, which is expected...
Artificial recharge of groundwater pilot project to be expanded
BANGKOK, October 1 – Department of Groundwater Resources Director-General Suphot Choemsawatdiphong on Monday revealed that the department is preparing to expand on the result...
BKK starts putting sand bags at risk spots as floods loom
BANGKOK, 01 Oct 2013 - Officials of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) started laying sand bags in Bang Plat District located near the Chao...
Typhoon Wutip brings rains to North, Northeast
NAKHON PHANOM, Oct 1 – Typhoon Wutip, despite being weakened to the status of a low pressure cell, is moving above Thailand’s northern and...







