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BANGKOK, Sept 12 (TNA) – Although Taiwan ends free visas for Thais, there will not be any impact on Thai travelers because most of them go to Japan, according to the tourism sector. According to Taiwan’s newly announced list of countries eligible for its free visas on Sept 5, Thailand is among many countries that lose their free Taiwanese visa privilege from Sept 12 onwards. Lapana Sompradit, managing director of Grand Booking International Co which is a tour firm overseeing regional markets, said although Taiwan was the third most popular Asian destination of Thai travelers, it shared only 10% of outbound Thai tourists’ groups. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1016004 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-09-12 - 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’s efficacy tests on Favipiravir cannot be compared with those done in the Americas – Medical Services Department Image Credit: Government Pharmaceutical Organisation Efficacy tests on the Favipiravir anti-viral drug in the treatment of COVID-19 patients conducted in Thailand cannot be compared with the tests undertaken in the Americas, because of the different methodology used in the tests, according to Dr. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of Thailand’s Medical Services Department. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271631-thailand’s-efficacy-tests-on-favipiravir-cannot-be-compared-with-those-done-in-the-americas-–-medical-services-department/

Image Credit: Government Pharmaceutical Organisation Efficacy tests on the Favipiravir anti-viral drug in the treatment of COVID-19 patients conducted in Thailand cannot be compared with the tests undertaken in the Americas, because of the different methodology used in the tests, according to Dr. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of Thailand’s Medical Services Department. Dr. Somsak’s statement was in response to a recent claim, referring to efficacy tests conducted in the US, Mexico and Brazil, that Favipiravir is not effective in treating COVID-19. He said that the efficacy tests in the Americas were on 1,187 samples, 70% which were from obese people and 15% from the elderly. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-efficacy-tests-on-favipiravir-cannot-be-compared-with-those-done-in-the-americas-medical-services-department/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-12 - 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!

Nearly 500 cats and dogs evacuated from animal shelter in Pathum Thani Thailand’s Livestock Development Department has sent a team of veterinarians to the Pa (Auntie) Malee shelter in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani province to take care of and evacuate 460 dogs and 30 cats to an animal welfare centre for temporary shelter. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271410-nearly-500-cats-and-dogs-evacuated-from-animal-shelter-in-pathum-thani/

Thailand’s Livestock Development Department has sent a team of veterinarians to the Pa (Auntie) Malee shelter in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani province to take care of and evacuate 460 dogs and 30 cats to an animal welfare centre for temporary shelter. The department’s director-general, Sorravis Thaneto, said that the animal shelter is flooded and the occupants need to be evacuated for their safety. About 500kgs of dog and cat food and medicines were also provided to the caretakers of the animals, as well as relief kits for the shelter’s staff. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nearly-500-cats-and-dogs-evacuated-from-animal-shelter-in-pathum-thani/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-09 - 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!

Updated rules to apply at Pattaya Walking Street for better organization and safety PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด Pattaya authorities have officially announced the updated rules to be applied at Walking Street chiefly to control venue operators for better organization and safety. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271409-updated-rules-to-apply-at-pattaya-walking-street-for-better-organization-and-safety/

PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด Pattaya authorities have officially announced the updated rules to be applied at Walking Street chiefly to control venue operators for better organization and safety. These rules are the updated versions of the ones declared earlier on August 30th. They were discussed and revised yesterday, September 9th, at the Pattaya City Hall, with Pattaya Deputy Mayor Manoch Nongyai chairing the meeting. The following are the six rules that have been revised: All vehicles are not allowed to enter Walking Street from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., and large vehicles, such as six-wheeled trucks or concrete trucks, are restricted, except for emergency trucks or those with proper permission. Placing a stall or products on the street is restricted without permission. Venues are forbidden from encroaching on the street. Peddling/Selling on the street is restricted, except during the lenient period. Garbage bags must be kept inside the venues to wait for the garbage truck that will come around three times a day at midnight, 3 a.m., and 4 a.m. Offenders will be charged with the Cleanliness Act and fined 20,000 baht. Venue operators must strictly obey fire prevention measures. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/09/updated-rules-to-apply-at-pattaya-walking-street-for-better-organization-and-safety/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-09 - 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!

Efforts Continue to Chase 100 Wild Elephants from Farmland NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Sept 9 (TNA) – Officials, rescue workers and villagers joined forces to scare away about 100 wild elephants from the farmland of the Khao Pradu community in Khon Buri district. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271408-efforts-continue-to-chase-100-wild-elephants-from-farmland/

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Sept 9 (TNA) – Officials, rescue workers and villagers joined forces to scare away about 100 wild elephants from the farmland of the Khao Pradu community in Khon Buri district. More than 50 park rangers, forest protection workers, rescue workers and villagers launched their operation to push about 100 wild elephants back to the Thap Lan National Park as the pachyderms had fed on the farmland and the Khao Pradu community forest in the northeastern province since Sept 5. Initially there were about 30-40 elephants but later their number grew to about 100. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1014709 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-09-09 - 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!

Acting Prime Minister Prawit and Defense Minister Prayut signs condolence book to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha arrived at the residence of the British Ambassador in Thailand on Friday afternoon, September 9th, to write a condolence message to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271407-acting-prime-minister-prawit-and-defense-minister-prayut-signs-condolence-book-to-the-passing-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii/

Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha arrived at the residence of the British Ambassador in Thailand on Friday afternoon, September 9th, to write a condolence message to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In the message, the Acting Prime Minister expressed his “profound sadness” about the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and extended his “deepest condolences” to the British Prime Minister on behalf of the Thai government and the people of the Kingdom of Thailand. The Defense Minister and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva also arrived at the residence to sign the book of condolences later in the afternoon. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/09/acting-prime-minister-prawit-and-defense-minister-prayut-signs-condolence-book-to-the-passing-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-on-friday/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-09 - 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!

TRA expresses concern about inflation as RSI remains stable The Thai Retailers Association (TRA) expressed concern about inflation after the Retail Sentiment Index (RSI) in Thailand showed no significant progress in August. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271406-tra-expresses-concern-about-inflation-as-rsi-remains-stable/

The Thai Retailers Association (TRA) expressed concern about inflation after the Retail Sentiment Index (RSI) in Thailand showed no significant progress in August. Thai Retailers Association and the Bank of Thailand revealed the survey of the Retail Sentiment Index for August 2022 on Friday, September 9th, that the Retail Sentiment Index (RSI) in August is at a stable rate with July’s Index. The survey reported that although more consumers began to spend money and live like the pre-pandemic period, a number of entrepreneurs are still concerned about inflation due to the higher tendency of interest rates and the increase of the minimum wage by 5-8 percent which could affect the cost of entrepreneurs. The index also indicated that the confidence of entrepreneurs may only show a slight improvement in the next three months as business is still recovering and the operators are still concerned about the rising cost and price of products. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/09/thai-retailers-association-expresses-concern-about-inflation-as-retail-sentiment-index-rsi-remains-stable-in-august/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-09 - 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!

150 billion baht budget approved to guarantee income for farmers from 2022-2023 rice crops Thailand’s Rice Policy and Management Committee has approved a budget, amounting to about 150 billion baht, to guarantee the income of more than 4.6 million rice farming households for their 2022-2023 rice crops. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271405-150-billion-baht-budget-approved-to-guarantee-income-for-farmers-from-2022-2023-rice-crops/

Thailand’s Rice Policy and Management Committee has approved a budget, amounting to about 150 billion baht, to guarantee the income of more than 4.6 million rice farming households for their 2022-2023 rice crops. The committee also agreed to extend the period for resolvingthe controversial rice pledging scheme, of the former government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, for another year, as there are still about 218,000 tonnes of unsold rice in warehouses. Most of the remaining rice is now rotten and is often sold as inedible rice to be converted into bio fuel. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/150-billion-baht-budget-approved-to-guarantee-income-for-farmers-from-2022-2023-rice-crops/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-09 - 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!

People cycle in Hanoi's Ba Dinh District in September, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy Bicycle lanes are a general trend in urban transport development, improving human health and reducing air pollution, experts said in support of a Hanoi's proposal. Hanoi has recently announced plans to develop exclusive lanes for vehicles as a solution to congestion in the 2022-2025 period. Nguyen Anh Tuan, a lecturer at the University of Transport and Communications, said in the near future, bicycles should be one of the private transport means to be given investment priority as "cycling is a modern and civilized trend" that many countries have applied. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/experts-back-hanoi-bicycle-lane-proposal-4508310.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

Students take the national high school exam in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress The Central Inspection Commission says the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the education ministry committed several management violations in the 2016-2021 term. In a press release issued Thursday, the commission said the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Education and Training had been negligent in its leadership and management, allowing certain individuals and organizations to violate Party regulations and the law. The violations had to do with: certain public projects; the creation and publication of course books; the organization of the national high school graduation examination in 2018 and 2021; and other activities. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/multiple-violations-committed-by-education-ministry-s-party-civil-affairs-committee-4509013.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

An area on Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway where cable has been cut and stolen, September 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Do Phuong Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway has lost 3,000 meters of cable aside from printed circuit boards and circuit breakers since opening on Sep. 1. The project investor, Van Don Infrastructure Investment and Development Co Ltd of Sun Group, said the incident was detected right after the expressway, which runs more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) across northern Quang Ninh Province to connect Van Don Economic Zone and Mong Cai Town bordering China, was inaugurated on the afternoon of Sept. 1. As the only expressway equipped with a lighting system along the entire route, Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway had lost power on the night of opening. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/major-northern-expressway-loses-gear-a-week-after-opening-4508934.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

A man drives his motorbike after robbing a bank in Bien Hoa Town of Dong Nai Province, September 8, 2022, as seen in a still photo captured from security camera footage. Police in the southern Dong Nai Province are looking for a man who threatened staff at a Vietcombank branch with a gun and stole VND600 million (US$25,450). Security camera footage shows a masked man dressed in black park his motorbike on National Highway 51 at around 3 p.m. on Thursday and walk into the bank near the Tam Phuoc Industrial Park in Bien Hoa Town, around 45 km northeast of HCMC. Inside, he pulls out a gun and threatens the staff and forces them to give him the money. He puts the money in a black plastic bag for almost one minute. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/gunman-robs-bank-in-southern-vietnam-4509158.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

Water floods a road in Chuong My District on the night of September 8, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Gia Chinh Residents on the outskirts of Hanoi have been facing inundations as deep as 50 cm following heavy rains Thursday night. "The water is rising. People must actively evacuate their belongings and cattle to safety," the local loudspeaker of Bui Xe Village in Xuan Mai Town of Chuong My District sounded at 8 p.m., as the rain was pouring down. Groups of locals began to travel to the Xuan Mai middle school to borrow chairs to put objects in higher places. Dozens of motorbikes and cars had to be parked at the gates of the village as the water has already gotten inside the main route since 6 p.m. There were sections that were 50 cm deep underwater. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/heavy-rains-flood-hanoi-outskirts-forcing-evacuations-4509270.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

Police check a fire extinguisher and a fire alarm system at a karaoke parlor in HCMC, September 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Nhat Vy The fire departments in HCMC and its neighbor Dong Nai Province have found 140 karaoke parlors failing to meet fire safety requirements. The Dong Nai police said Thursday that surprise checks at 150 karaoke parlors found 50 of them falling short of safety requirements either in terms of design or equipment. Of them, four could be shut down temporarily. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/140-karaoke-bars-in-hcmc-dong-nai-do-not-meet-fire-safety-standards-4509222.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-09-09

Undated file photo shows the exterior of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Philstar.com / AJ Bolando, File MANILA, Philippines — Although it apologized for the incident, the Manila International Airport Authority said a Filipino content creator's luggage was tampered with elsewhere and not at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Ady Cotoco, a content creator on TikTok, arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on an Etihad Airways plane. When he got his suitcases, he saw that the luggage lock was broken and one of his bags was lighter than he remembered. In a statement sent to reporters, the MIAA said that the apparent theft did not happen in its terminals and said it "expects Etihad Airways to extend immediate assistance to passenger while the investigation continues." The MIAA has jurisdiction over the four passenger terminals at NAIA. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/09/2208538/miaa-sorry-tiktokers-luggage-was-ransacked-says-theft-happened-abroad -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-09-09

In this file photo taken on June 16, 2016 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on during the presentation ceremony for the Gold Cup during Ladies' day at Royal Ascot horse racing meet in Ascot, west of London. AFP / Adrian Dennis MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed Friday “profound sadness” on the death of longest reigning British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, saying the “world has lost a true figure of majesty.” “She exemplified to the world a true monarch's great dignity, commitment to duty, and devotion to all those in her realm,” Marcos said in a statement. He said that Filipinos have found themselves having developed a “great sense of affection” for Elizabeth as a queen, mother and grandmother. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/09/2208525/marcos-says-world-lost-true-figure-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-dies -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-09-09

Heavily guarded Reina Mae Nasino looks at her 3-month-old daughter as she lays her to rest at the Manila North Cemetery on October 16, 2020. Allowed just three hours out of jail, the grieving mother remained handcuffed during the funeral. KAPATID / release MANILA, Philippines — Reina Mae Nasino and two other activists have asked a Manila court to junk the illegal possession of firearms and explosives case against them after the Court of Appeals voided the search warrant used against them. In a three-page filing on Friday, Nasino, Alma Moran and Ram Carlo Bautista argued that they can no longer be prosecuted as the pieces of evidence against them gathered using the voided search warrant are inadmissible. “With the assailed search warrants already declared null and void, no valid legal process could have warranted the invasion of the searched premises, where the movants were arrested. Hence, any evidence allegedly seized therefrom can no longer be used for any purpose in any proceeding, including the instance cases,” the motion read. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/09/2208550/faulty-warrants-voided-nasino-2-activists-seek-case-dismissal -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-09-09

This photo taken on February 23, 2020 shows a worker cleaning chairs at the boarding area while arriving passengers disembark at the international airport in Manila. AFP / Romeo Gacad MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said Friday it is closely monitoring the close contacts of a traveler who was confirmed to have a monkeypox infection. The traveler was one of the passengers of the Philippine Airlines’ PR300 flight from Manila to Hong Kong last September 5, according to the flag carrier. Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, officer-in-charge of the DOH, said authorities were able to identify close contacts of the patients after checking the individual’s itinerary and the flight manifest. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/09/2208549/doh-monitoring-close-contacts-pal-passenger-monkeypox -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-09-09