Tag: Natural Resources and Environment
Logistics Development and Tourism Promotion in Eastern Thailand
BANGKOK, 18 June 2012 - The Ministry of Transport has been assigned to undertake a feasibility study for the full operations of the U-Tapao-Rayong-Pattaya...
DDPM steps up measures to prevent heavy rain-induced disaster
BANGKOK, 27 May 2012 – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is stepping up its games to prevent possible disasters, induced...
PM sets up tripartite committee to watch over air quality in...
RAYONG, May 6 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sets up a tripartite committee to monitor air quality around the Map Ta Phut Industrial...
China to send experts to help Thailand on water resources &...
BANGKOK, 27 April 2012 – China is set to send a team of experts to help Thailand's water management and flood prevention plans. ...
PM: Disaster zone may be declared in haze-hit North
BANGKOK, March 6 - As northern Thailand has been blanketed by haze for over a week, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said...
Officials step up measures to tackle wildfire crisis in the North
BANGKOK, 25 February 2012 - The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has stepped up measures to put an end to the wildfire crisis...
Kowit to discuss restive south with related units
BANGKOK, 26 August 2011 – Deputy Prime Minister Police General Kowit Wattana is preparing to discuss southern insurgency with related ministries, especially those...
Latest Stories
Three Chinese women rescued from alleged captivity in Pattaya-area house
PATTAYA, Thailand – Three Chinese women were rescued from a house in Banglamung after allegedly being lured to Thailand for entertainment work before being...
Pattaya rocked by thunder, floods, blackouts and dangerous roads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya was hit by a day of increasingly difficult weather conditions on September 23, with torrential rain bringing widespread flooding while...
Pattaya beach vendors call for more parking to bring tourists back
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya beach umbrella and lounger operators gathered at Pattaya City Hall on September 23 to raise concerns over a shortage of...
Pattaya roads vanish under rising floodwater after torrential rain
PATTAYA, Thailand – Torrential rain swept across Pattaya on September 23, rapidly flooding several roads and leaving cars and motorcycles stranded as authorities moved...
East Pattaya faces more flooding, worst may still be ahead
PATTAYA, Thailand – With more heavy rain forecast through the weekend, East Pattaya is also seeing rapidly rising water, prompting authorities to restrict traffic...