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Thai business group says Sinovac shots ordered for private vaccination scheme

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will procure an additional 100,000 doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to be used and paid for by businesses, an industry group said on Thursday, in the first phase of a private sector vaccination scheme.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210271-thai-business-group-says-sinovac-shots-ordered-for-private-vaccination-scheme/

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Government Expects Made-in-Thailand Campaign to Create Bt1.77 trillion

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government believes its new Made-in-Thailand campaign, which promotes the use of locally made products in state projects, can create domestic economic value of 1.77 trillion baht.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210306-government-expects-made-in-thailand-campaign-to-create-bt177-trillion/

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Outside waiting facilities - under a tent - set up at Muang Thong immigration center

Picture: Naew Na

Naew Na reported that Region 1 immigration were concerned for the welfare of people contacting immigration at the Muang Thong Thani temporary center.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210265-outside-waiting-facilities-under-a-tent-set-up-at-muang-thong-immigration-center/

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Thai court sentences 15 people to up to 5 years for 2017 soccer match-fixing

Fifteen people in Thai League soccer circles, including a former referee, a former linesman, a former soccer club manager, former players and others, were sentenced to prison terms of 1 to 5 years today by the Criminal Court in a landmark match-fixing case.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210374-thai-court-sentences-15-people-to-up-to-5-years-for-2017-soccer-match-fixing/

 

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Opposition to Push for Charter Amendments Again

BANGKOK (TNA) – Opposition parties planned to push for constitutional amendments in the next parliamentary session.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210376-opposition-to-push-for-charter-amendments-again/

 

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Thailand braces as refugees from Myanmar coup flee to border regions
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson

Thai border guards walk a they patrol at Myanmar border in Mae Sot, Thailand March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

MAE SOT, Thai-Myanmar border (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have fled Myanmar's towns and cities since last month's military coup and are sheltering in areas controlled by ethnic militias on the Thai border, an official from one of the groups said on Thursday, as Thailand prepared for a surge of refugees.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210378-thailand braces-as-refugees-from-myanmar-coup-flee-to-border-regions/

 

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Thai February domestic car sales drop 10.9% year-on-year

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are seen stuck in traffic along a road in Bangkok, Thailand December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Domestic car sales in Thailand dropped for a second straight month in February, down 10.9% from year earlier to 58,960 vehicles, amid concerns about a new coronavirus outbreak, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Thursday.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210379-thai-february-domestic-car-sales-drop-109-year-on-year/

 

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Liverpool FC celebrates fifth Thailand store opening

Liverpool FC is today unveiling its fifth official club store in Thailand, enabling supporters across the region to purchase official LFC merchandise.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210383-liverpool-fc-celebrates-fifth-thailand-store-opening/

 

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Putin offers Biden public talks after U.S. president says he thinks he is a killer
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth

FILE PHOTO: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Joe Biden should hold live online talks in coming days after Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and diplomatic ties sank to a new post-Cold War low.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210385-putin-offers-biden-public-talks-after-us-president-says-he-thinks-he-is-a-killer/

 

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Germany, France among nations to resume use of AstraZeneca vaccine after regulators back shot
By Anthony Deutsch, Toby Sterling and Alistair Smout

A person receives a dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany, France and other European nations announced plans to resume using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday after EU and British regulators moved to shore up confidence in the shot, saying its benefits outweigh the risks.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210386-germany-france-among-nations-to-resume-use-of astrazeneca vaccine-after-regulators-back-shot/

 

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Average price of beer in Thailand costs more than in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Berlin and Washington: Study

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The average price of beer costs more in Bangkok than in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Brussels and Berlin, a new study has revealed.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210396-average-price-of-beer-in-thailand-costs-more-than-in-edinburgh-amsterdam-berlin-and-washington-study/

 

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Thailand Car Sales Plunge 21.3% in January

Dealers are pinning their hopes on big discounts on offer, to stimulate consumer sales when the 42nd Bangkok International Motor Show opens next week.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210405-thailand-car-sales-plunge-213-in-january/

 

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Global warming could cut over 60 countries' credit ratings by 2030, study warns
By Marc Jones

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above a factory at sunset in Rugby, Britain February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody's and Fitch - could see their credit ratings cut because of climate change by 2030.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210407-global-warming-could-cut-over-60-countries-credit-ratings-by-2030-study-warns/

 

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Toyota says it reported Thai bribery probe to U.S. SEC and DoJ

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Toyota logo at the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it had reported possible violations of anti-bribery laws involving a subsidiary in Thailand to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ).

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210413-toyota-says-it-reported-thai-bribery-probe-to-us-sec-and-doj/

 

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Foreign tourism: Anutin says 14 day quarantine over, but it remains in some form for now

Picture: Thai Rath

Thailand's DPM and health minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pressed by the Thai press yesterday for answers about when quarantine for foreign tourists will end.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210419-foreign-tourism-anutin-says-14-day-quarantine-over-but-it-remains-in-some-form-for-now/

 

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Debate on what defines market monopoly now left up to court

A merger that could essentially wipe out mom-and-pop stores in Thailand has sparked a public outcry leading to legal action.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210420-debate-on-what-defines-market-monopoly-now-left-up-to-court/

 

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Seven Thai men sentenced to death for execution style murder of Krabi family members in 2017

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Supreme Court has upheld death sentences against seven Thai men in the slaying of eight members of the same family in Krabi in southern Thailand in July 2017.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210427-seven-thai-men-sentenced-to-death-for-execution-style-murder-of-krabi-family-members-in-2017/

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Covid outbreak at immigration: IB deny rumors that officers were infected

 

PIcture: Daily News
 

An Immigration Bureau deputy commissioner and spokesman told Daily News that rumors of infection among IB staff at Bang Khen were untrue.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210428-covid-outbreak-at-immigration-ib-deny-rumors-that-officers-were-infected/

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Britain to slow vaccine rollout due to supply crunch in India, testing of big batch
By Guy Faulconbridge, Alistair Smout and Kate Holton

FILE PHOTO: Abida Bi receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Zenub Mahood, at Bradford Central Mosque, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Bradford, Britain, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will have to slow its COVID-19 vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of millions of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of an additional 1.7 million doses.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210437-britain-to-slow-vaccine-rollout-due-to-supply-crunch-in-india-testing-of-big-batch/

 

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Chinese fishing boats abandoned in Phuket catch fire
By Eakkapop Thongtub

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Five Chinese-flagged commercial fishing boats left abandoned in Phuket more than 10 years ago caught fire while moored off Laem Nga Cape in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, yesterday (Mar 18).

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210438-chinese-fishing-boats-abandoned-in-phuket-catch-fire/

 

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Netizens outraged at latest case of parking in handicapped bay - but this was "a government inspector"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that social media went ballistic at the latest case of a person who appeared not to be handicapped parking in a space reserved for those with disabilities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210439-netizens-outraged-at-latest-case-of-parking-in-handicapped-bay-but-this-was-a-government-inspector/

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Pattaya: Japanese investors show interest in helping to build resort's monorail

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

Sophon Cable TV reported that a delegation from the Japanese embassy in Thailand met with Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210440-pattaya-japanese-investors-show-interest-in-helping-to-build-resorts-monorail/

 

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Growing hemp in Thailand: Farmers warned by FDA not to be scammed as seed importation still illegal

 

PIcture: Daily News

 

The chief of Thailand's Food and Drug Administration has put the brakes on farmers wanting to set up cooperatives to grow hemp for commercial and industrial purposes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210445-growing-hemp-in-thailand-farmers-warned-by-fda-not-to-be-scammed-as-seed-importation-still-illegal/

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As exams loom, the ‘COVID generation’ of Thai students fear for their futures

Worried that disruption from the latest COVID-19 outbreak will derail their futures, thousands of Mathayom 6 students are trying hard to have their university entrance exams postponed.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210446-as-exams-loom-the-‘covid-generation’-of-thai-students-fear-for-their-futures/

 

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Teacher left mortified after parcel she opens in class turns out to be a sex toy

Daily News reported that more and more people were receiving online goods cash on delivery that they had never ordered. 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210449-teacher-left-mortified-after-parcel-she-opens-in-class-turns-out-to-be-a-sex-toy/

 

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Warning to expats: Surgery of any kind in Thailand can come with a hefty price tag

A cautionary tale about the cost of medical treatment should act as a warning to expats and other visitors in Thailand.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210453-warning-to-expats-surgery-of-any-kind-in-thailand-can-come-with-a-hefty-price-tag/

 

 

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Nonagenerian (yes, he's 92!) goes from Bangkok to Korat in search of his teen sweetheart

TNN reported that Thai social media was awash with comment after a story about a very old man in search of his teen sweetheart was posted on a Korat news site.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210456-nonagenerian-yes-hes-92-goes-from-bangkok-to-korat-in-search-of-his-teen-sweetheart/

 

 

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Thailand reports 100 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

Thailand reported 100 new COVID-19 infections on Friday.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210457-thailand-reports-100-new-covid-19-cases-1-new-death/

 

 

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Recycling warehouse caretaker sells 20 tonnes of secondhand steel without boss knowing
By Eakkapop Thongtub

Photo: Wichit Police

PHUKET: A 41-year-old Myanmar man has been arrested for selling an estimated two tonnes of discarded steel items from a recycling warehouse that he was hired to look after while the company remains closed due to the ongoing economic crisis.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210462-recycling-warehouse-caretaker-sells-20-tonnes-of-secondhand-steel-without-boss-knowing/

 

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Haze returns to Phuket
By The Phuket News

The view from Khao Rang hill overlooking Phuket Town this morning (Mar 19). Photo: Apiwat Sudsamai

PHUKET: The air quality is fine and no precautions need to be taken, says the local environment office in Phuket, despite the thick haze blanketing the island today (Mar 19).

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1210464-haze-returns-to-phuket/