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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.

They compiled a pretty accurate list of prosperous, well-run cities, but then made the mistake of declaring that those cities are therefore "happy". Seoul comes in at number 6, and anyone who's ever lived there could have told them that folks there are anything but happy...

Trang doesn't have any international flights, so I'm not sure how that's going to work. Also, the new terminal is on the opposite side of the airport from the current one, and is accessed by different roads, so I don't think it's realistic to operate both at once.

This all sounds nice in theory, but the key will be how (or if) it's actually implemented in practice.

So they haven't even completed the plan yet, but it will be operational within six years. Uh huh 🧐

That isn't what the term "zero dollar" refers to - there are even zero dollar tours for Chinese people within China. Authorities in China and Hong Kong have been fighting these operations for years because they exploit and threaten tour participants - only in Thailand is the focus on loss of revenue to local businesses rather than on the safety of the tourists themselves. "As its name suggests, zero-dollar tourism refers to packaged tours which are much less expensive than independent travel with one catch: tourists are taken on many shopping trips and are often required to buy overpriced products. Tour guides and drivers get a kickback from these shopping excursions, offsetting the loss on the tour’s initial cost." https://theaseanpost.com/article/made-china-zero-dollar-tourists

I use the MRT all the time, and no smell of any kind "smacks you in the face" at any station. The system is clean and well ventilated.

I'm not following this - was it a lobster company, or an air conditioning company? Or both? And in what sense is this "zero dollar" (a term used for cheap group tours)?

So will these be available for foreigners? On entry, or only exit?

There was no "security breach". He carried items that weren't allowed, and they were found during the screening process as they should have been. Presumably these mortar rounds didn't contain explosive, or he's an even bigger fool than he already appears to be. It would have been nice to read an explanation of where he had gotten these and why he was carrying them.

These appear to be exactly the same rules that have been in place for nearly 20 years, though Thai airports haven't always strictly enforced them. Can anyone tell me what has changed?

And yet Vietnamese people come to Thailand instead of vacationing domestically within their own country because they believe costs are cheaper here... Vietnam's transport networks are far worse than Thailand's, so I don't know what they're talking about. And TAT continues to be obsessed with tour packages and "new attractions", even though an increasing number of Chinese now travel independently, and are first time visitors who are perfectly happy to see "old attractions".

They took away the income requirement for the Wealthy Global Citizen category, not for Wealthy Pensioners. Yes, this. Despite the references to "two years" in the description, everyone I know who has been approved for the Wealthy Pensioner LTR has only been asked to show one year of income.

So clearly the problem is the bus...and the road? 🤔

It's amazing how your terrorist arrests can increase if you just expand your definition of the word "terrorist".

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-executive-order-state-climate-laws-illegal-legal-unconstitutional/