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More accurately, that decision was made by RFK Jr. "“This decision bypasses a long-established, evidence-based process used to ensure vaccine safety and ignores the expertise of independent medical experts, including members of the CDC committees who are examining the evidence regarding the vaccine to make recommendations for the fall,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases"

Wow. Where to begin? This is so patently absurd that, as Trink used to say, "any comment would be superfluous"...! A long-standing bilateral agreement allows Vietnamese to enter Thailand without a visa for 30 days. There have been no changes to this policy in recent memory. Sounds an awful lot like someone who doesn't like the competition 🤔 Ah, yes, the famous 3-5 month "standard tourist visas" - perhaps people shouldn't comment on matters about which they clearly know nothing! And by the way, stop by the Thai consulate in Saigon and see how many Vietnamese are applying for tourist visas. Hint: there aren't any, because they all enter visa-free. Clearly he doesn't read ASEAN Now. From March 15: "Thai police launched a nighttime operation in Soi Nana, part of Bangkok's bustling Sukhumvit area, leading to the arrest of 13 foreign women suspected of engaging in sex work. "Among the detainees were women from Tanzania, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam." https://aseannow.com/topic/1354668-police-raid-soi-nana-arrest-foreign-women-for-suspected-prostitution/

Normally it's an outpatient procedure.

Thailand's wine industry is a virtual nonentity - it's difficult to find Thai wines to purchase at retail stores, even if one wanted to buy them. (I do, however, enjoy visiting Thai vineyards, which usually have nice restaurants.) Taxes on wine here are essentially a luxury tax, not a protectionist measure. https://silklegal.com/wine-tax-in-thailand-a-protectionist-barrier/

For wines selling at US$100+, which are consumed by less than 1% of the Thai population, and rarely in large volumes at one sitting? That seems completely unbelievable.

It's a lot more complicated than that, which makes the pricing structure very complicated to figure out - there are import duties, VAT, and two different types of excise tax, one based on value and the other on alcohol content. https://www.meiningers-international.com/wine/news/thailand-slashes-taxes-wine

That's for Cambodia, not Vietnam.

So why was he using the fake passport? Obviously it would have been detected on arrival in Israel, so the scam wouldn't have gotten very far 🤔

What connection does this have with the mission of the Tourist Police?

This "recent" decision happened over a year ago 🙄

I went to his old restaurant and his new place a few times. The food and drinks are always great, and Harlan is fun to talk to.

In craft beer, which is time consuming and expensive to produce, and for which consumers are willing to pay a high price? Never.

They already introduced a ten year visa for retirees in 2022 - the Long Term Resident Wealthy Pensioner visa (LTR-P). There's no reason to think they would come out with another variation on that anytime soon.

Despite what all the breathless clickbait from travel blogs would have you think, Vietnam hasn't "introduced" anything - there has simply been a proposal from an advisory board, with only the vaguest of details. The long term visas have not been approved, and you can't apply for them. https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnams-tourism-body-proposes-10-year-golden-visa-to-attract-global-talent-investors-103250516193404789.htm

No, this case underscores the depravity of the country's wealthy in exploiting poor domestic employees in furtherance of riches, and the complicity of authorities in punishing the ones who were used rather than the ones who actually undertook the fraud.