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Expats in Thailand and Asia Survey

 

 

In this ever changing Expat landscape it is important Thaivisa.com continues to best serve its Expat readers. This includes the type of content we share and find for you.

 

Survey: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211779-expats-in-thailand-and-asia-survey/

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Thai govt confirms list of approved vaccines for foreigners to enter Thailand with reduced quarantine

 

Image: Reuters file photo

 

The Thai government has released its latest guidelines and requirements for foreign tourists wanting to enter the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212256-thai-govt-confirms-list-of-approved-vaccines-for-foreigners-to-enter-thailand-with-reduced-quarantine/

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Thai baht is worst performing currency in Southeast Asia

 

A big downturn in international arrivals has hit the Thai baht this year.

 

BANGKOK -- The Thai baht was the worst performer among commonly traded Southeast Asian currencies during the first quarter, as its fundamentals were eroded due to lack of tourist spending.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212279-thai-baht-is-worst-performing-currency-in-southeast-asia/

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Thailand to be first with plastic roads

 

 

We have already seen plastic waste being recycled into various useful items, such as clothing and furniture. Now, for the very first time, plastic waste has been recycled into a beachside road.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212328-thailand-to-be-first-with-plastic-roads/

 

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Co-payment stimulus scheme has ended with ฿102bn spending in six months

 

 

Thailand’s Finance Ministry announced the end of the two phases of the populist co-payment scheme on March 31st, with total spending amounting to 102.065 billion baht, 52.2 billion by consumers and 49.8 billion borne by the taxpayer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212338-co-payment-stimulus-scheme-has-ended-with-฿102bn-spending-in-six-months/

 

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Thailand’s new 120km/h speed limit starts but 25,000 still killed on the roads annually

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

It was a surreal occasion straight out of the Amazing Thailand playbook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212343-thailand’s-new-120kmh-speed-limit-starts-but-25000-still-killed-on-the-roads-annually/

 

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Real estate: Foreigners told that 2021 is a Golden Year for investment in condos

 

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

An event organized by Bangkok Business News and reported on by them contained many speakers who were upbeat about the property market in Thailand in 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212345-real-estate-foreigners-told-that-2021-is-a-golden-year-for-investment-in-condos/

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Elite card: Developers onboard in push to sell real estate to foreign card holders

 

Thaivisa file photo for reference only

 

A senior manager of the company that runs Thailand's long term stay "Elite Card" said that property developers were all in favor of the push to get more foreigners to invest in real estate as part of being allowed to stay long term in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212352-elite-card-developers-onboard-in-push-to-sell-real-estate-to-foreign-card-holders/

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Phone App to Reserve Covid-19 Vaccination Will Be Available Next Month

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health will launch "Mor Prom" phone app that lets people book their Covid-19 vaccines next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212353-phone-app-to-reserve-covid-19-vaccination-will-be-available-next-month/

 

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Government Already Has Plan to Evacuate Thais from Myanmar if Necessary

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government has prepared a plan to evacuate Thais from Myanmar if the situation warrants it

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212355-government-already-has-plan-to-evacuate-thais-from-myanmar-if-necessary/

 

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Cyber cops bust 500 million baht "Petro Scam" - six foreigners, nine Thais arrested

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau have busted a half billion baht call center based scam selling bogus investments in fuel stocks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212359-cyber-cops-bust-500-million-baht-petro-scam-six-foreigners-nine-thais-arrested/

 

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"War Against Sugar":  Thais eating nearly FIVE TIMES recommended daily sugar intake

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Studies have shown that Thai people from an early age are eating way too much sugar, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212364-war-against-sugar -thais-eating-nearly-five-times-recommended-daily-sugar-intake/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Don't use the handrail on the bridge - you'll get an electric shock!

 

Picture: JS 100 Radio

 

Thai social media went into meltdown as a flimsy paper sign left on a Bangkok pedestrian roadbridge caused outrage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212366-amazing-thailand-dont-use-the-handrail-on-the-bridge-youll-get-an-electric-shock/

 

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Lopburi: You sorted "Godzilla" - now what about the hordes of other monkeys causing damage and injury?

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An online post reported on by Daily News spoke of the hordes of monkeys that roam free in Lopburi in the center of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212368-lopburi-you-sorted-godzilla-now-what-about-the-hordes-of-other-monkeys-causing-damage-and-injury/

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Thai Rookie Leads at 1st Major On LPGA Tour

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA 

 

 

Patty Tavatanakit, the 21-year-old second-year rookie out of UCLA, shot a great 6-under 66 yesterday at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course to take an early first-round lead at the ANA Inspirational over an impressive list of contenders, including Shanshan Feng and Rolex Rankings No.1 Jin Young Ko. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212371-thai-rookie-leads-at-1st-major-on-lpga-tour/

 

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Phuket Airport reminds travellers ‘gophuget’ registration still required

By The Phuket News

 

The announcement followed a visit by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew yesterday (Apr 1) to inspect the mass vaccination efforts now underway at the airport. Photo: AoT Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket International Airport has reminded travellers that they must still register their intended travel to Phuket through the gophuget.com web portal and have MorChana installed on their phone in order to be cleared to arrive on the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212372-phuket-airport-reminds-travellers-‘gophuget’-registration-still-required/

 

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Thai PM accused of being at the heart of all problems facing the nation

 

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha is at the heart of the problems facing the nation, anti-government protest leader, Jatuporn Prompan has told Thai PBS World. He is proposing to bring Prayut down as well as write a “people’s constitution”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212373-thai-pm-accused-of-being-at-the-heart-of-all-problems-facing-the-nation/

 

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Phuket school douses fears of student gang fight brewing

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The two junior high school students have apparently resolved their differences, the Plukpanya School principal said. Screenshot: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The principal of a large school in Phuket Town has moved to assure the public that a fight between two junior high school students from different schools had not ballooned out of control into conflict between two student gangs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212374-phuket-school-douses-fears-of-student-gang-fight-brewing/

 

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Pattaya: Public water supply deemed safe after online post spooks residents

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Pattaya's water chiefs hotfooted it to Soi Bongkot 2 after a social media post claimed there were creepy crawlies in the public water supply.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212378-pattaya-public-water-supply-deemed-safe-after-online-post-spooks-residents/

 

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Probe into Death of Vaccinated Senior Monk

 

 

BANGKOK, April 2 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the Public Health Ministry was investigating the death of the assistant abbot of Wat Samphanthawong that happened a day after he had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212381-probe-into-death-of-vaccinated-senior-monk/

 

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An hour after the return to Bangkok’s streets of police checkpoints, three offenders nabbed

 

 

Bangkok police returned to using regular checkpoints on April 1st, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, and had already booked three offenders for driving under influence in less than an hour.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212382-an-hour-after-the-return-to-bangkok’s-streets-of-police-checkpoints-three-offenders-nabbed/

 

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Ticked off! Woman in the projects complains after thousands of dog ticks infect the whole floor

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News went to investigate after a woman living in the projects in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok went on Facebook to report her experiences with dog ticks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212383-ticked-off-woman-in-the-projects-complains-after-thousands-of-dog-ticks-infect-the-whole-floor/

 

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April Fools! Thai police say there is no truth to suggestions they will repair your car for free nationwide

 

Picture: INN

 

The Thai police - after issuing orders to media organizations like Thaivisa not to engage in April Fool's day tomfoolery, got pranked themselves.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212384-april-fools-thai-police-say-there-is-no-truth-to-suggestions-they-will-repair-your-car-for-free-nationwide/

 

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A special kind of traffic cop in Phetchabun, keeping dead dogs off the road

 

 

Police Senior Sergeant Major Chawinnatat Padungthammasanti, a traffic officer in Thailand’s northern province of Phetchabun, is not a typical traffic cop, who spends his days directing traffic and issuing tickets to traffic violators.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212392-a-special-kind-of-traffic-cop-in-phetchabun-keeping-dead-dogs-off-the-road/

 

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New TAT Video to Attract Foreign Tourists

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as broadcast its latest TV commercial “Wait No More” in foreign countries under the concept of “Amazing Moments, Amazing Thailand”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212394-new-tat-video-to-attract-foreign-tourists/

 

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Myanmar-bound Grenades, M16 Bullets Seized

 

 

CHIANG RAI, April 2 (TNA) – Police seized more than 100 grenades and 6,000 M16 bullets destined for Myanmar and arrested six suspects including an air force sergeant.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212395-myanmar-bound-grenades-m16-bullets-seized/

 

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Transport minister to push for 2nd terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport

 

Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels

 

The Ministry of Transport has brushed aside a suggestion, by the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) based on a recommendation from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), that it should postpone plans to build a 42-billion baht second terminal for Suvarnabhumi international airport.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212399-transport-minister-to-push-for-2nd-terminal-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Thailand braces for heaviest rainfall in 30 years

 

 

Thailand is bracing for its heaviest rainfall in more than three decades, with the country set for an early start to this year’s wet season.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212401-thailand-braces-for-heaviest-rainfall-in-30-years/

 

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Chiang Mai found to be the world’s most polluted city

 

 

Chiang Mai has once again earned the unenviable tag as the world’s most polluted city.

 

According to air quality company IQ Air, Chiang Mai’s air quality index on Friday morning was 186 or ‘very unhealthy - and worse than any other city in the world.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212402-chiang-mai-found-to-be-the-world’s-most-polluted-city/

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Court Revokes B35bn Compensation Order on Yingluck

 

 

BANGKOK, April 2 (TNA) – The Central Administrative Court ruled against the Finance Ministry’s order for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 35 billion baht in compensation for her graft-plagued rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212404-court-revokes-b35bn-compensation-order-on-yingluck/