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BANGKOK, July 6 (TNA) – Foreign tourists are actively arriving in the country after full country reopening started on July 1, according to the Immigration Bureau. Immigration police commissioner Pol Lt Gen Pakpoompipat Sajjapan said that after the complete country reopening on July 1, foreigners kept arriving and most of them came from Malaysia, followed by those from India, Singapore, Britain and the United States. From July 1 to 4, 162,383 people arrived and 132,409 people left the country. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-974135 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-07-06 - 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!

Thai parliament opts for different numbers for constituency and party ballots Wednesday’s joint session of parliament rejected, by 341:150 votes with five abstentions, the proposal of the minority faction of House scrutiny committee for constituency and party ballots to be assigned the same numbers. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265113-thai-parliament-opts-for-different-numbers-for-constituency-and-party-ballots/

Wednesday’s joint session of parliament rejected, by 341:150 votes with five abstentions, the proposal of the minority faction of House scrutiny committee for constituency and party ballots to be assigned the same numbers. The minority faction had claimed that assigning the same numbers would be less confusing for the voters. Under the two-ballot electoral system, to be applied in the next general election, scheduled for 2023, voters will cast one ballot for constituency MPs and the other for the party of their choice. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-parliament-opts-for-different-numbers-for-constituency-and-party-ballots/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-06 - 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!

A man is seen at a boarding house for factory workers in Dong Anh District of Hanoi in February 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh Fifteen localities have disbursed VND70 billion ($3 million) to support 13,500 workers renting apartments, a mere 1 percent of the target, a top labor official said. The government in late March issued a decision to grant a financial support package of VND6.6 trillion ($287.4 million) to help migrant workers pay rent for up to three months. The package is to be given to 3.4 million people by mid-August. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/rental-assistance-package-for-workers-disbursed-at-snail-s-pace-4484008.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-07-06

Facebooker Nguyen Lan Thang at the time he is arrested in Hanoi, July 5, 2022. Photo by Hanoi police A man in Hanoi has been arrested for disseminating information with the aim to undermine the government. Police said Nguyen Lan Thang, 47, who lives in Dong Da District, is under investigation for "making, storing and/or circulating documents and/or cultural products with contents against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam." On his Facebook account with more than 150,000 followers, he had recently posted content designed to undermine the state. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hanoi-man-arrested-for-anti-state-propaganda-on-facebook-4484053.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-07-06

Hundreds began waiting outside immigration offices in HCMC as early as 4 a.m. Tuesday and braved the later day sun for hours to submit applications for new passports. Among those waiting outside the Immigration Department on Nguyen Trai Street in HCMC's District 1 was 22-year-old Nguyen Quoc Danh (R). He said he was there before daybreak because he needed a passport so he could study abroad. He had tried to submit his application three times already, but failed because there were simply too many people ahead of him. Some people brought along a snack to munch as they waited. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/hcmc-residents-line-up-before-daybreak-for-passports-4484112.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-07-06

Four men are stuck in a stream in Bao Lam District of northern Cao Bang Province before flash floods swept them away on July 5, 2022. Photo by Phung Anh Quang Four men were swept away by a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in Cao Bang Province that borders China on Tuesday. A group of five men in Mong An Commune, Bao Lam District, were getting sand for a construction project that afternoon when the flash flood arrived and caught them off guard. Four of them were stuck in the stream while the other managed to escape. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/flash-floods-sweep-away-4-in-northern-vietnam-4484240.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-07-06

Vietnamese policemen stand guard outside a courtroom hearing a trial involving former Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 9, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Kham National Assembly delegates differed over a proposal to hand lighter penalties to corrupt officials turning in their ill-gotten assets. Le Minh Tri, head of the Supreme People's Procuracy, had recently mooted the proposal saying corrupt officials should be given a chance to atone while public assets are also recovered. Trinh Xuan An, a member of the NA Committee on Security and National Defense, said while some countries follow this practice Vietnam is not yet ready for it since corruption is still entrenched and the anti-corruption campaign is ongoing. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/should-corruption-criminals-receive-lighter-sentences-for-returning-lost-assets-4484292.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-07-06

A member of the LGBT community raises a rainbow flag during the Metro Manila Pride March at the Cultural Center of the Philippines grounds in Pasay, Metro Manila on June 25, 2022. JAM STA ROSA / AFP MANILA, Philippines — A bill that seeks to recognize civil partnerships of couples of any sex has been refiled in the House of Representatives, in a move that seeks to grant same-sex couples the same benefits enjoyed by straight married couples. Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera filed anew the proposed Civil Partnership Act as part of her priority measures in the upcoming 19th Congress, hoping that the measure which did not hurdle the past two Congresses would finally get enacted into law this time. “It is about time that the Philippine government grant couples — whether they are of the opposite or of the same sex — adequate legal instruments to recognize their partnerships, respecting their dignity and recognizing equality before the law,” Herrera said in the explanatory note of House Bill No. 1015. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/06/2193458/civil-partnerships-straight-same-sex-couples-pushed-anew-house -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-07-06

A passenger sits alone at the NAIA Terminal 1 on May 3, 2020 after a suspension of international flights. The STAR / Rudy Santos, file MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang was mum on the bill seeking to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after President Marcos' father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, saying the measure is still in its early stages. "Malacañang has no comment yet on this one. It's just been filed, after all. It has not been subjected to first reading so any reaction would be premature, if any is even warranted at this time," Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said at a press briefing Wednesday. "This is not a bill filed by Malacañang so it's not our place to indicate whether it is timely or not. It was the congressman who filed it so no comment for right now, particularly, you know, its (in its) very early stages really, it's just been filed," she added. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/06/2193499/not-our-bill-palace-says-premature-comment-bid-rename-naia -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-07-06

Filipino Muslims pray at a mosque during the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Marawi City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 2, 2022. AFP / Merlyn Manos MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared July 9 a regular holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha, Malacañang announced Wednesday. Eid’l Adha—also known as the Feast of Sacrifice—is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam. Marcos approved Tuesday Proclamation No. 2, which declared the feast a regular holiday throughout the country, through Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/06/2193485/palace-declares-july-9-regular-holiday-eidl-adha -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-07-06

This photo shows the OVP Satellite Office located in Escario Central in Camputhaw, Cebu City. Facebook / Inday Sara Duterte MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has started offering medical and burial assistance through satellite offices in a bid to provide easier access to social services. The satellite offices, which will be rolling out the medical and burial assistance programs, were launched on July 1— the first day of Vice President Sara Duterte's term. Those from Dagupan, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga City, Davao City and Tandag in Surigao del Sur, can now access their services. "These established satellite offices across the country will widen the program’s reach and will guarantee a better provision of assistance," Duterte's spokesperson Reynold Munsayac said in a statement shared with reporters on Wednesday. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/06/2193487/ovp-offers-medical-burial-assistance-public-through-satellite-offices -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-07-06

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Bernard Olalia said Ople has ordered the agency to ensure easier and faster transactions for overseas Filipino workers. STAR / Edd Gumban, file MANILA, Philippines — Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople wants to iron out guidelines on employment safety and resolve issues involving unpaid workers before deployment to Saudi Arabia is allowed again. Ople said she tapped Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo to discuss how they can diplomatically go about the deployment issue. She said she wants to maintain “good ties” with the Kingdom. “I really want to have bilateral talks but these would be focused on workers’ welfare and protection in general,” Ople said in a mix of English and Filipino during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay virtual forum on Wednesday. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/06/2193501/ople-wants-ensure-ofw-safety-lifting-saudi-arabia-deployment-ban -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-07-06

Garbage collectors find mortar grenade in Sri Racha landfill PHOTO: ประชาชาตินิวส์ ทีวี ภูมิภาค Garbage collectors found a 60 mm mortar grenade in a Sri Racha landfill yesterday. Reports were unclear if it was still working. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265097-garbage-collectors-find-mortar-grenade-in-sri-racha-landfill/

PHOTO: ประชาชาตินิวส์ ทีวี ภูมิภาค Garbage collectors found a 60 mm mortar grenade in a Sri Racha landfill yesterday. Reports were unclear if it was still working. Pol. Capt. Aswin Chanto from the Nong Kham Police Station responded to a report of two explosive objects discovered at the landfill in Sri Racha at 1:20 PM on July 5th. According to reports, the object happened to be a 60 mm mortar grenade abandoned among the waste. A Cambodian garbage truck driver told the officers that the grenade may have been mingled with the waste from a housing complex in the Bueng subdistrict. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/07/06/garbage-collectors-find-mortar-grenade-in-sri-racha-landfill/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-07-06 - 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!

Thailand Launches First Round of EFTA Negotiations BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit has represented Thailand in the first round of negotiations for the Thailand-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement with Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Norway. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265095-thailand-launches-first-round-of-efta-negotiations/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit has represented Thailand in the first round of negotiations for the Thailand-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement with Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Norway. Following the negotiations, which took place on June 20 in Iceland, the Thai-EFTA Free Trade Agreement meetings were also held in Bangkok between June 28 and 30. The gatherings, hosted by the Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN), included level meetings of chief negotiators and a meeting of negotiation panels, with the goal of achieving the objective within two years. According to DTN Director-General Auramon Supthaweethum, the talks between Thailand and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) covered 16 topics, including 1) Trade 2) Rules of Origins 3) Trade Facilitation 4) Trade Remedy Measures 5) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 6) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 7) Trade in Services ???? investment 9) E-Commerce 10) Intellectual property 11) Competition Policy 12) Government Procurement Agreement 13) Sustainable Development 14) Technical cooperation and capacity building 15) General, final and institutional Provisions and 16) Dispute Resolution. The Thai-EFTA trade value surpassed $4 billion at the start of 2022. Thailand’s main exports to the bloc are gems, jewelry, watches, and automobiles, while its main imports are gems, silver, gold, and meat. -- © Copyright NNT 2022-07-06 - 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!

Brazilian arrested in Indonesia carrying cannabis bought in Thailand A Brazilian student was caught at Bali airport in Indonesia with 9.1 grams of cannabis, which he had allegedly bought in Thailand, prompting warnings to both Thais and foreigners travelling from Thailand not to carry cannabis, hemp or their extracts when they leave for countries where those substances remain illegal. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265094-brazilian-arrested-in-indonesia-carrying-cannabis-bought-in-thailand/

A Brazilian student was caught at Bali airport in Indonesia with 9.1 grams of cannabis, which he had allegedly bought in Thailand, prompting warnings to both Thais and foreigners travelling from Thailand not to carry cannabis, hemp or their extracts when they leave for countries where those substances remain illegal. According to “Coconuts Bali”, the 25-year-old boarded an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur last week. He was arrested upon arrival at the Ngurah Rai airport in Bali after an X-ray detected four suspicious packets in his luggage, which was found to be cannabis. The packages were labelled “Super Mao” (super high). The university student claimed that he brought the cannabis from Thailand. He was immediately detained. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/brazilian-arrested-in-indonesia-carrying-cannabis-bought-in-thailand/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-06 - 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!

Former Democrat MP jailed for 2 years for electoral fraud The Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence, imposed by two lower courts, on former Democrat MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thepthai Senpong, after finding him guilty of electoral fraud. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265093-former-democrat-mp-jailed-for-2-years-for-electoral-fraud/

The Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence, imposed by two lower courts, on former Democrat MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thepthai Senpong, after finding him guilty of electoral fraud. The Supreme Court’s decision was read today at Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial court. Thepthai has also been banned from contesting an election and from voting for ten years. His brother, Manote, who was also found guilty of electoral fraud, also faces two years in prison without suspension and a ban from politics for 10 years. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/former-democrat-mp-jailed-for-2-years-for-electoral-fraud/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-06 - 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!

Teething problems or construction flaws? Questions over leaky new Thai Parliament Thailand’s 12-billion-baht Parliament complex opened in May last year after eight years of construction – yet it is still drawing complaints of defects and quality issues. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265092-teething-problems-or-construction-flaws-questions-over-leaky-new-thai-parliament/

Thailand’s 12-billion-baht Parliament complex opened in May last year after eight years of construction – yet it is still drawing complaints of defects and quality issues. Since its inception in 1992, the project to build a new Parliament building — Thailand’s third — has run into problem after problem. It took many years and governments before a decision on its location was finally made. In 2008, the Samak Sundaravej administration opted for a picturesque 123-rai plot on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, in the Kiakkai neighborhood of Bangkok’s historic Dusit district. The location was deemed the best of the three options. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/teething-problems-or-construction-flaws-questions-over-leaky-new-thai-parliament/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-06 - 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!

Long-Acting Antibody treatment to be provided to those suffering immunodeficiency Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and AstraZeneca (Thailand) signed a contract today (Wednesday) for the procurement of 257,500 doses of Long-Acting Antibodies (LAAB) for people who suffer from immunodeficiency, to reduce of risk of becoming gravely ill if infected with COVID-19. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1265091-long-acting-antibody-treatment-to-be-provided-to-those-suffering-immunodeficiency/

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and AstraZeneca (Thailand) signed a contract today (Wednesday) for the procurement of 257,500 doses of Long-Acting Antibodies (LAAB) for people who suffer from immunodeficiency, to reduce of risk of becoming gravely ill if infected with COVID-19. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the acquisition of the LAAB medication does not require any additional budget, because the new contract will amend the previous AstraZeneca vaccine procurement contract, replacing some of the vaccine to be supplied with LAAB medication. He explained that LAAB will be administered to people who suffer from immunodeficiency, to reduce their risk of becoming seriously ill or dying if they catch COVID-19, such as those with chronic kidney disease or those who have undergone organ transplantation and require immunosuppressant medication, adding that patients with chronic kidney disease have been dying every day. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/long-acting-antibody-treatment-to-be-provided-to-those-suffering-immunodeficiency/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-06 - 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!