Tag: Songkran
Water splashing kicks off nationwide marking Thai New Year
BANGKOK, April 13 – Thai New Year revellers started the Songkran water splashing festival with making merit in a morning alms-giving ceremony and...
Seaton Foundation makes merit for Songkran
The Seaton Foundation celebrated the Thai New Year a bit early, inviting monks to make merit and throwing a luncheon party for kids at...
Take cover – Songkran is here
The annual Songkran festival, which heralds the traditional beginning of the Thai New Year, begins today throughout the country. Locally, however, the official celebrations...
City clears water drains to prepare for Songkran
Pattaya Engineering Department workers cleared storm drains along Second Road to prepare for the deluge of water and powder about to hit the...
THAI to provide air cargo service with Boeing 747-400
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 – Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) is ready to provide air cargo service to nine major cities on...
Thai public debts at 41.06% of GDP in January 2012
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 – Thailand's public debts stood at more than 40 percent of GDP during the first month of this year, according...
THB 15,000 salary payment for civil servants to be postponed to...
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 – The Cabinet has during yesterday's meeting decided to complete the implementation of the THB 15,000 salary base for...
TCT: 5-10% increase in local and foreign tourists during Songkran
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 – The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has predicted that up to 25 billion-baht will come into circulation during...
Vietinbank to open first German subsidiary
Hanoi, April 10 (VNA) - The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) has received approval in principle from the State...
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Pattaya officials clean up Jomtien Soi Kasetsin 3, residents urge action in other problem...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Jomtien municipal officers, together with staff from the Environment Office, carried out a cleanup operation along Soi Kasetsin 3, a public...
Pattaya to close Chalerm Phrakiat Soi 2 for overnight road resurfacing on Dec 8–9
PATTAYA, Thailand – City officials have announced a temporary road closure on Chalerm Phrakiat Soi 2 as crews begin resurfacing the street with new...
Security guard arrested for stealing over 120 steel pieces from factory in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Banglamung have arrested a 19-year-old security guard after CCTV footage revealed he had been stealing more than 120 steel...
‘Walking Street isn’t walking anymore’ as foreign tourists blast Pattaya’s struggling nightlife strip
PATTAYA, Thailand – Once the beating heart of Thailand’s nightlife, Walking Street is now facing some of its harshest criticism yet as foreign tourists...
Pattaya issues PM2.5 warning as air quality dips, critics say city reacted too late
PATTAYA, Thailand – A “yellow level” PM2.5 alert has been issued for Pattaya after particulate levels reached around 30 µg/m³, officially classified as moderate....