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Thailand Reports Progress on Carbon Reduction at COP27 Image: Google BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s environment minister is currently in Egypt to represent the kingdom at the United Nations’ COP27 conference. His delegation is there to report on the nation’s progress in tackling climate change and implementing carbon reduction plans. Delegates also expressed Thailand’s intention to contribute to global efforts to mitigate global warming. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277988-thailand-reports-progress-on-carbon-reduction-at-cop27/

Image: Google BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s environment minister is currently in Egypt to represent the kingdom at the United Nations’ COP27 conference. His delegation is there to report on the nation’s progress in tackling climate change and implementing carbon reduction plans. Delegates also expressed Thailand’s intention to contribute to global efforts to mitigate global warming. The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is being held in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-archa is representing Thailand in discussions with multiple countries on how to respond to climate change. He is also discussing measures and innovations that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are a main contributor to global warming. An important development has been progress made in the Thai-Swiss enactment of the worlds’ first carbon credit transfer agreement, which paves the way for future carbon credit exchange models. Thailand has also opened a carbon credit trade platform with the aim of developing it as a center for the voluntary exchange of carbon credits. The initiative is being discussed among ASEAN member nations in the hope of expanding its scope to cover the entire region. Over the past year, Thailand has been successful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and implementing climate change response plans. The kingdom is currently working towards realizing carbon neutrality by 2050 and net zero emissions by 2065. The delegation also presented Thailand’s progress in tackling global warming to the COP27 conference, as reflected in both short-term and long-term plans implemented by the kingdom. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221116130216621 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Winter COVID Wave to End in February BANGKOK (NNT) - Health authorities have been reporting an increase in new COVID-19 cases, in what they describe as an expected small wave. Thailand’s top virologist said the latest wave is expected to last until February 2023. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277987-winter-covid-wave-to-end-in-february/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Health authorities have been reporting an increase in new COVID-19 cases, in what they describe as an expected small wave. Thailand’s top virologist said the latest wave is expected to last until February 2023. The number of new COVID cases in Thailand has been seeing a steady climb, although the disease is no longer categorized by health authorities as a dangerous communicable disease. According to official reports, COVID hospitalizations during the week of November 6th-12th numbered 3,166, or 452 daily cases on average. This was higher than the previous week’s 2,759 cases. The number of COVID fatalities for the previous week stood at 42 cases, averaging six per day. Dr Yong Poovorawan, Head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, said in a Facebook post that the rise in cases is to be expected as COVID becomes endemic and seasonal. The severity of the disease is considerably lower due to Thailand having mostly achieved herd immunity as a result of vaccinations and natural infections. According to Dr Yong, treatment options have also significantly improved, with effective drugs such as Molnupiravir, Paxlovid and Remdesivir now widely available. On the subject of vaccination, Dr Yong recommends that all Thais receive at least three COVID vaccine doses, regardless of brand. Those who received their last jab over six months ago should meanwhile get an additional booster dose, as the immunity wanes with time. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221116101714534 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Quality Ingredients From All Regions Of Thailand Head To Gala Dinner For APEC Leaders BANGKOK (NNT) - The best food ingredients Thailand has to offer are making their way to the APEC leaders’ meeting in Bangkok this week. Chef Chumpol Jangprai, who is in charge of the gala dinner for APEC leaders, indicated that all ingredients are domestically sourced. The concept for the gala dinner is “Sustainable Thai Gastronomy”. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277986-quality-ingredients-from-all-regions-of-thailand-head-to-gala-dinner-for-apec-leaders/

BANGKOK (NNT) - The best food ingredients Thailand has to offer are making their way to the APEC leaders’ meeting in Bangkok this week. Chef Chumpol Jangprai, who is in charge of the gala dinner for APEC leaders, indicated that all ingredients are domestically sourced. The concept for the gala dinner is “Sustainable Thai Gastronomy”. Mr. Chumpol said 5 courses of Thai food will be served at the gala dinner. The first course will be Amuse-Bouche, followed by Appetizers as the second course, after which will come a salad, the main course, and dessert. All menus are halal. The focus of every menu is the 100% use of Thai raw materials. The menus were designed in keeping with the 2022 APEC theme of “Open. Connect. Balance.” The chef explained that 8 flavors of Thai food are being used to “open” the gourmet experience for gala dinner participants. The sourcing of raw materials from production sites all over the country, including GI-enabled products, lends to the “connect” part of the theme. The use of Sufficiency Economy principles and adherence to sustainable development provides for the “balance” part of the theme. The Amuse-Bouche will include crispy golden cups with cream sauce and sturgeon roe. Products from Doi Inthanon royal project will form part of this course. Appetizers will comprise highlight menus from 4 regions of Thailand, served in bite sizes on a map of Thailand backdrop. The course is named “welcome to Thailand”. Khao Soi will represent the North, Tom Yum will represent the Central Region, grilled Khorat Wagyu beef will represent the Northeast and grilled Betong chicken will represent the South. These menus were sampled by press members covering the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting this week. The salad course features a Thai spicy salad that uses 9 organic vegetables from community enterprises in every region of Thailand. The salad also uses organic chicken, rainbow lobsters from Phuket, and pickled duck eggs from Suphanburi. The main course consists of beef masaman curry, mixed Thai vegetables ratatouille, hybrid groupers, Thai Hom Mali rice, and a brown rice mix. The beef is sourced from the famed Phon Yang Kham cooperative in Sakon Nakhon and the hybrid groupers are caught from the sea off Phuket province. The Hom Mali rice is from the Kula Rong Hai area. The dessert course features Thai baked custard with passion fruit sorbet. Side items include Darathong, Thai brandy-infused chocolates from Chiang Mai, steamed flour with coconut filling, lychee macarons, and pandan pudding. Thai fruits are also offered along with tea from the Northern Region and coffee from Nan province. The food menus reflect the government’s intention to make the hosting of APEC 2022 beneficial to all members of the public. All opportunities to present quality items from all regions of Thailand have been leveraged for the purpose of extending economic cooperation. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221116085955514 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Foreign Minister to address Thai PBS World forum on Thai foreign policy Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will deliver a keynote speech on the direction of Thailand’s foreign policy at a regional forum being hosted by Thai PBS World and Asia News Network next week. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277985-foreign-minister-to-address-thai-pbs-world-forum-on-thai-foreign-policy/

Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will deliver a keynote speech on the direction of Thailand’s foreign policy at a regional forum being hosted by Thai PBS World and Asia News Network next week. The forum will feature three panel discussions on the future of Thailand’s foreign policy, diplomacy and changes and challenges facing the media and young politicians in the region. Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will be among the speakers on the “Thailand’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World” panel. Other speakers include Sihasak Phuangketkeow, a former Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary, Panitan Wattanayagorn, Chairman of the Security Advisory Board of the Thai Government, and Aat Pisanwanich, Director of the Centre for International Trade Studies at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce. The panel will be in Thai. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/foreign-minister-to-address-thai-pbs-world-forum-on-thai-foreign-policy/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

฿81.2Bn set aside to guarantee prices of 2022-2023 rice crops The Thai government agreed today (Tuesday) to set aside 81.2 billion baht to subsidise the rice price guarantee scheme for the 2022-23 rice crops, with an aim to export 7.5 million tonnes of rice next year. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277902-฿812bn-set-aside-to-guarantee-prices-of-2022-2023-rice-crops/

The Thai government agreed today (Tuesday) to set aside 81.2 billion baht to subsidise the rice price guarantee scheme for the 2022-23 rice crops, with an aim to export 7.5 million tonnes of rice next year. Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said that the money will be used for parallel projects, such as 7.4 billion baht to stabilise rice prices, about 7.1 billion baht in credits to slow the sale of about 2.5 million tonnes of paddy by farmers, by keeping it in storage, and 18.7 billion baht to pay the difference between the market and guaranteed prices. The largest tranche, about 55 billion baht, is intended for the project to manage and develop the quality of rice produced by 4.68 million farming households in Thailand. Each household will receive 1,000 baht per 0.16 hectare (one rai) of rice crop, but not more than 3.2 hectares (20 rai) or a limit of 20,000 baht for each household, said Anucha. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/81-2bn-set-aside-to-guarantee-prices-of-2022-2023-rice-crops/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-15 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Diesel price in Thailand to be pegged at current level for two more months The Thai cabinet has decided to subsidise the diesel price until January 20th, which means a loss of excise tax revenue for the state of another 20 billion baht. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277897-diesel-price-in-thailand-to-be-pegged-at-current-level-for-two-more-months/

The Thai cabinet has decided to subsidise the diesel price until January 20th, which means a loss of excise tax revenue for the state of another 20 billion baht. After the cabinet meeting today (Tuesday), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the media that the cabinet decided to maintain the diesel price by prolonging the 5-baht/litre excise tax cut on diesel. He admitted that the continuation of subsidies on diesel fuel will mean more spending and a need to borrow more. He said that he understands this will place a greater burden on the next government adding, however, that the subsidies are necessary, as he assured that the government will try its best to manage its debt. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/diesel-price-in-thailand-to-be-pegged-at-current-level-for-two-more-months/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-15 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Air passengers advised to allow more time for their travel to airports Passengers intending to take domestic or international flights out of Bangkok are being advised to allow 3 hours before boarding time for travel to Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang airports. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277896-air-passengers-advised-to-allow-more-time-for-their-travel-to-airports/

Passengers intending to take domestic or international flights out of Bangkok are being advised to allow 3 hours before boarding time for travel to Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang airports. The advice was separately issued by Thai Airways International, Thai Smile, Thai Air Asia, Thai Air Asia X, Nok Air and Thai Lion Air. The advice applies from today (Tuesday) until November 20th, one day after the end of the APEC Summit in Bangkok. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/air-passengers-advised-to-allow-more-time-for-their-travel-to-airports/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-15 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Aerial view of an abandoned quarry in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan A company wants to develop residential and leisure tourism sites at a cost of VND9 trillion (US$363.7 million) in four abandoned quarries in the southern Dong Nai Province. Construction details, such as whether the quarries will be levelled, are not available yet. In a proposal to the province people's committee, the Amaccao Group said the work would take eight years. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/abandoned-quarries-may-become-363-mln-urban-tourism-site-4535986.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-15

A doctor takes care of a dengue fever patient as she shares a bed of another patient at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, November 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh Dengue fever patients are having to share hospital beds or return home and await their turn to be hospitalized as Hanoi sees a surge in the mosquito-borne disease. The Thanh Nhan General Hospital in Hai Ba Trung District is currently treating 250 dengue fever patients. Doctor Nguyen Thu Huong said the number of dengue patients has "jumped" since early October, filling up all beds in all departments designated to treat the disease. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hanoi-hospitals-overloaded-with-surge-in-dengue-fever-patients-4535919.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-15

Security camera footage shows Pham Duc Anh trying to rob the Vietinbank branch in Thai Nguyen Province on November 14, 2022. A man was arrested Tuesday after robbing VND700 million (US$28,100) from a Vietinbank branch in northern Vietnam at gunpoint the previous afternoon. Pham Duc Anh, 33, was arrested at around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, more than 13 hours after he robbed the bank in Song Cong Town, Thai Nguyen Province. Police have recovered more than half of the money. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/gunman-robs-28-000-from-northern-vietnam-bank-4536101.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-15

Dinh Song Hao at the court in Ha Tinh Province, November 14, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Hung A Ha Tinh Province court sentenced a local man to death for transporting 30kg of drugs. Dinh Song Hao, 36, was found guilty of "illegal transportation of narcotic substances." In Vietnam, possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of meth is punishable by death. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/drug-mule-gets-death-sentence-in-central-vietnam-4536150.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-15

Professor Tran Xuan Bach of the Hanoi Medical University. Photo courtesy of Tran Xuan Bach The first edition of an annual world ranking of rising stars in science, instituted by Research.com, has included three Vietnamese scientists in its top 1,000 listing. The "Best Rising Stars of Science in the World - 2022 Ranking" released last week places Associate Professor Tran Xuan Bach of the Hanoi Medical University in third position with an h-index of 94. The h-index measures the proportion of contributions made within a given discipline, and the awards and achievements of the scientists. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/three-vietnamese-scientists-among-world-s-best-rising-stars-4536279.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-15

File photo shows DOH official Eric Tayag. The STAR / Boy Santos MANILA, Philippines (Updated 1:59 p.m.) — Infectious diseases physician Eric Tayag has been named as a new undersecretary of the Department of Health. DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed the appointment of Tayag as undersecretary. He has yet to assume his post. “We are still discussing where we can assign him appropriately based on his capacity so he can help the department more,” Vergeire said in a briefing. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/15/2223983/dancing-doctor-eric-tayag-named-health-undersecretary -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-15

Police officers gather at the Manila Police District headquarters in UN Avenue, Manila during the flag raising and awarding ceremony on April 25, 2022. STAR / Russell Palma MANILA, Philippines — Won’t extra rice be extra nice? Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is pushing for additional funding for the Philippine National Police so that members of the police force would get a higher monthly rice subsidy. Estrada said he wants to increase the monthly rice allowance for cops to P1,000 from P650, which he said is only equivalent to 20 kilos of rice. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/15/2223992/estrada-pushes-extra-rice-allowance-cops -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-15

A relative of a victim of an extra-judicial killing attends a memorial mass ahead of All Soul's Day to remember loved ones slain in the government's war on drugs, at the Commission on Human Rights in Manila on October 29, 2021. AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa MANILA, Philippines — The culture of impunity around deaths in the "war on drugs" waged by President Rodrigo Duterte — impunity that the government says does not exist — hounds the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as officials face a United Nations panel. During the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines at the United Nations Human Rights Council, at least 12 countries took note of the human rights situation in the Philippines after thousands were killed in the "war on drugs", with law enforcement claiming most drug suspects violently resisted arrest. The UPR is a regular peer-review mechanism of the UNHRC to evaluate member states' compliance with their commitments to uphold and promote human rights. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/15/2223982/duterte-drug-war-still-hot-topic-marcos-admin-faces-un-rights-review -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-15

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III speaks during the Senate's plenary deliberations on the proposed 2023 budget. Voltaire F. Domingo / Senate PRIB MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said Tuesday he will let the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. keep the P2.25 billion it is requesting in confidential funds, but will still try to have the other P2.25 billion it is asking for intelligence funds cut. “I’m entertaining siguro as a compromise. ‘Yung P2.25 billion niya na confidential funds hayaan na natin pero hindi siya intelligence practitioner eh. User ‘yun of information. So ‘yung P2.25 billion niya na intelligence funds, ‘yun ang pwede niyang i-let go,” Pimentel told reporters in a chance interview. (I’m maybe entertaining a compromise. Its P2.25 billion in confidential funds, we’ll let it slide, but it’s not an intelligence practitioner. It’s a user of information. So the P2.25 billion in intelligence funds can be let go.) The Office of the President under Marcos requested a total of P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, the same amount that his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, asked for in the 2022 budget. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/15/2224002/pimentel-let-marcos-keep-confidential-funds-will-seek-cut-intel-funds -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-15

Then-Bureau of Internal Revenue Deputy Commissioner Romeo Lumagui in a raid of a warehouse of alleged illegal vapes in Tondo, Manila on Nov. 4, 2022. The STAR / Jesse Bustos MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has designated tax lawyer Romeo Lumagui Jr. as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Office of the Press Secretary said Tuesday. The OPS said Lumagui, a BIR deputy commissioner prior to his new appointment, took his oath on November 15. The Palace said that Lumagui also earlier served as technical assistant to the commissioner. He was also chief for tax fraud for Revenue Region No. 6, Manila; Revenue Region No. 4, Pampanga and Revenue Region No. 7B, East National Capital Region. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/15/2224007/tax-lawyer-earlier-tapped-be-deputy-named-bir-commissioner -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-15

Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Pattaya, damages tourists’ vehicles Pattaya residents and tourists had to endure floods that damaged their property and vehicles in many areas after heavy rain wreaked the city yesterday. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277884-heavy-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-pattaya-damages-tourists’-vehicles/