Tag: Bangkok
Cabinet approved draft MOU with Mozambique
BANGKOK, 18 July 2012 – The Cabinet has given a nod to the draft Memorandum of Understanding that will promote closer collaboration between...
WFMC assured transparency of water and flood management expert selection process
BANGKOK, 18 July 2012 – The state-appointed Water and Flood Management Committee has assured that the selection process for a private firm to...
NBTC to issue regulations-instructions in the face of emergency/disaster
BANGKOK, 18 July 2012 – The country’s telecom regulator is set to issue a set of regulations and instructions to help broadcaster work...
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Thailand not new strains
BANGKOK, July 18 - The cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) currently being found in Thailand are neither new strains nor...
Tablet computer distribution kicked off
BANGKOK, July 18- Thailand's Ministry of Education Ministry began delivering 55,000 tablet computers Wednesday to primary students in the first eight provinces, and...
Thai Defence Minister presides over military redeployment
BANGKOK, July 18 -- Thai Defence Minister Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat will preside today at a ceremony marking the deployment of Border...
Hand, foot and mouth disease forces closure, class suspensions in 29...
BANGKOK, July 17 – Twenty-nine schools run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) were closed Tuesday due to the spread of the hand,...
TAT Devises “DISCO Plan” To Implement Tourism Action Strategies for 2013
Bangkok, July 16, 2012 -- The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has divided its action plan into five implementation categories under the acronym,...
Thailand Tourism Receipts Up 30%, Highlighting Value for Money Factor
Bangkok, July 16, 2012 -- Thailand recorded a 31% increase in tourism receipts in 2011 over 2010, according to Ministry of Tourism and...
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Who really owns Pattaya’s streets?
PATTAYA, Thailand – As tourists looked on near Walking Street, a late-night confrontation involving a group of transgender individuals and a woman aboard a...
Pattaya bag snatcher flees with Russian tourist’s passport, cash and phone
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was left shaken after a motorcycle-riding thief snatched her shoulder bag while she was walking along Soi Pattaya...
Pattaya takes aim at a decades-old beachfront rental problem
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have launched a renewed campaign targeting what they describe as a decades-old illegal beachfront rental problem, vowing to reclaim...
June storms hover over Pattaya as beer bars fight to stay afloat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Dark clouds gathering over Pattaya this June are bringing more than just rain. For many beer bar operators already navigating another...
Thai Police ‘Operation VAR’ takes down pirate football streaming websites
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four suspects and dismantled two major illegal football streaming networks accused of pirating international...