PM orders MOPH to ensure COVID-19 vaccine availability
At the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting, the Prime Minister today urged the Ministry of Public Health to ensure Thailand has an effective COVID-19 vaccine available at a time similar to other countries taking a multiple approach. The government has approved a 1 billion baht budget for the…
Temperature drops at Doi Inthanon
At this time of year, northern Thailand gets colder. At Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, the temperature dropped overnight by another degree, and is now close to a single figure reading. During the weekend, a large number of tourists have flocked to experience the cold wind on Doi Inthanon. At the…
United Nations praise Thailand for COVID-19 success
Thailand’s COVID-19 response an example of resilience and solidarity: a UN Resident Coordinator’s Blog In January, Thailand became the second country to confirm a COVID-19 case but, since then, the country has shown remarkable resilience and, as of late July, there had not been any recorded cases of domestic transmission…
Supreme Court Clears Hurdle In Highway Connecting India, Thailand
The Supreme Court has cleared a major roadblock in the completion of a Trilateral Highway Connectivity project between India, Myanmar and Thailand by staying the litigation initiated by the defaulting contractor before the Manipur high court. The order passed on Tuesday came on a petition filed by the ministry of…
CCSA clarifies cases of Egyptian soldier, Sudanese girl
After a military officer from Egypt and a girl from Sudan were found separately to be infected with the COVID-19 virus, the Spokesman for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, today provided details of both cases following a 24-hour investigation. The Egyptian soldier arrived in Thailand…
CCSA cancels Egyptian military flights to Thailand
A meeting of the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) resolved to revoke its permission for eight military flights from Egypt to enter Thailand, and to rein in the issue of international arrivals. On Tuesday (July 14), the CCSA meeting made several resolutions after some foreign very important persons…
COVID-19 CHARITY (SEWA) ACTIVITIES IN THAILAND
#9Districts9Weeks – Mission Accomplished Successfully Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Association successfully concluded COVID-19 Charity (Sewa) activities with a promise to continue to support disadvantaged people and vulnerable communities in Thailand. Over the period of Nine Weeks, VHP Thailand has supported thousands of people in Bangkok facing adversities due to COVID-19…
Central World to transform Central World Square into running track at ‘centralwOrld Sport Unlock’
Bangkok: Central World emphasizes its positioning as World Social Destination and World of Sports Culture organizing one of Thailand’s largest running events to indulge fitness addict by transforming Central World Square into a running track in the middle of the city at ‘centralwOrld Sport Unlock Phase 1’. Central World is…
6th International Day of Yoga – Live from Bangkok, Thailand
Embassy of India, Bangkok has been organising the International Day of Yoga (IDY) in Bangkok since 2015. This follows the proclamation of June 21 as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations in September 2014. During the last five years, IDY was successfully organised at the Chulalongkorn University…
Special Flight to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from Thailand
A special flight of Air India arranged by the Government of India departred for Delhi from Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok in the afternoon of 20 May 2020 carrying 236 Indian nationals who were stranded in Thailand due to the closure of international air travel in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic….