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Thaivisa Launches New SE Asia Golf Directory

 

 

After the success of Thaivisa’s Golf in Thailand forum, the company has just launched a brand-new forum called Golf in Southeast Asia, which has just gone live.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218103-thaivisa-launches-new-se-asia-golf-directory/

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Thailand to extend dose gap for AstraZeneca vaccine to 16 weeks

 

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a bottle of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will extend the gap between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to 16 weeks, in an effort to inoculate more people faster, a senior health official said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218203-2nd-dose-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-to-be-given-16-weeks-after-1st-dose/?do=findComment&comment=16505083

 

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CCSA Waits for WHO’s Certification for Sinovac Vaccine

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) – The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said it was waiting for an official document from the World Health Organization that certifies the COVID-19 vaccine of Sinovac and would use it to support its own certification.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218201-ccsa-waits-for-who’s-certification-for-sinovac-vaccine/

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Eight more COVID-19 South African variant cases found in Thailand’s Narathiwat

 

 

Eight more cases of the South African variant of COVID-19 have been found in the Tak Bai district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, bringing confirmed cases to 11 so far.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218217-eight-more-covid-19-south-african-variant-cases-found-in-thailand’s-narathiwat/

 

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Worker housing in Nonthaburi closed as over 500 contract COVID-19

 

 

Nonthaburi provincial officials have ordered a lockdown of Sino-Thai’s construction worker housing in Suan Yai sub-district, after more than half of the 959 workers there, screened for COVID-19 infection, tested positive.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218218-worker-housing-in-nonthaburi-closed-as-over-500-contract-covid-19/

 

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Phuket foreigners to get Sinovac

By The Phuket News

 

The post confirming that foreigners are to receive Sinovac vaccination injections on May 30. Screenshot: Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket / Facebook

 

PHUKET: Foreigners in Phuket who have registered through the Phuket Must Win web portal to receive a state-provided COVID-19 vaccination will receive the Sinovac vaccine, and will be vaccinated on one day, May 30, the Phuket office of the Ministry of Interior has announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218219-phuket-foreigners-to-get-sinovac/

 

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Thailand to nominate Andaman Marine Protected Areas as world heritage site

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand is preparing to nominate Andaman Marine Protected Areas as a World Heritage Site at a World Heritage Committee session in July, hoping to help stimulate the economy post-COVID-19 while promoting a sense of pride among Thai people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218221-thailand-to-nominate-andaman-marine-protected-areas-as-world-heritage-site/

 

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KMITL opens vaccination center aiming to start in-class education

By Sirakij Pornbanggird

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) has launched a vaccination program targeting students and college staff in order to bring back in-class education.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218222-kmitl-opens-vaccination-center-aiming-to-start-in-class-education/

 

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PM Prayut approves project linking Benjakitti and Lumpini parks as new tourist spot

By Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has approved a project to link Benjakitti Park and Lumpini Park as a new tourist destination.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218223-pm-prayut-approves-project-linking-benjakitti-and-lumpini-parks-as-new-tourist-spot/

 

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Government committed to fiscal discipline

By Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Responding to concerns about the government’s commitment to fiscal discipline as the budget for the 2022 fiscal year is lower than the budget deficit, the government has confirmed that there are measures to support investment from other capital resources, and the issue will be clarified in the House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218224-government-committed-to-fiscal-discipline/

 

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Hospitals postpone Covid jabs amid delays in domestic AstraZeneca production

By Pear Maneechote

 

 

Some hospitals were being forced to postpone second rounds of Covid-19 inoculations as Siam Bioscience was falling behind in its scheduled production of the AstraZeneca vaccine, a news report said Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218226-hospitals-postpone-covid-jabs-amid-delays-in-domestic-astrazeneca-production/

 

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Pattaya City Mayor to urge National Vaccine Committee to allocate more Covid-19 vaccines to Chonburi and Pattaya to speed up recovery of tourism

By Adam Judd

 

 

Chonburi-The Pattaya City Mayor, Sonthaya Khunplome, spoke with the associated Thai press in Pattaya over the weekend, discussing the start of a mass vaccination campaign that began at various locations in Pattaya last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218227-pattaya-city-mayor-to-urge-national-vaccine-committee-to-allocate-more-covid-19-vaccines-to-chonburi-and-pattaya-to-speed-up-recovery-of-tourism/

 

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Thailand Says Its Tourism Sector May Not Recover Until 2026

By Randy Thanthong-Knight

 

FILE PHOTO: Tourists w alk up a flight of stairs to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg

 

● Slow revival to hurt 7 million workers in key travel sector

● Thailand’s unemployment rate reached 12-year high in March

 

It could take another five years before tourism revives fully in Thailand -- an ominous sign for one of the most travel-dependent economies in the world.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218229-thailand-says-its-tourism-sector-may-not-recover-until-2026/

 

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Plenty of vaccine of any brand for everyone - even third dose, says Anutin

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An upbeat health and deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul declared yesterday that there was plenty of vaccine against Covid-19 for everyone.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218233-plenty-of-vaccine-of-any-brand-for-everyone-even-third-dose-says-anutin/

 

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Reports 38,000 prisoners to be released is FAKE NEWS, says prison chief

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The director of Thailand prisons said that reports circulating on social media that 38,000 prisoners are set to be released on the occasion of Queen Suthida's birthday on June 3rd are fake news.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218234-reports-38000-prisoners-to-be-released-is-fake-news-says-prison-chief/

 

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Thailand reports 3,226 COVID-19 cases, 26 more deaths 

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

Thailand on Tuesday (May 25) reported 3,226 new COVID-19 cases and 26 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218235-thailand-reports-3226-covid-19-cases-26-more-deaths /

 

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Phetchaburi Covid cases near 3,000 - 669 new cases mostly at electronics factory cluster

 

Thai caption: Situation in Phetchaburi remains of concern//Credit: Sanook

 

Proactive testing at and around an electronics factory in Phetchaburi province has resulted in hundreds of new Covid-19 cases being reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218236-phetchaburi-covid-cases-near-3000-669-new-cases-mostly-at-electronics-factory-cluster/

 

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Koh Samui: Foreign tourists set to be welcome subject to rules from July 1st

 

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Thai business media has reported that the holiday island of Koh Samui plans to open up to foreign tourists along similar lines to Phuket from July 1st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218243-koh-samui-foreign-tourists-set-to-be-welcome-subject-to-rules-from-july-1st/

 

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Thai PM Prayut basking in praise from English football boss over piracy success

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's prime minister was delighted to received praise from the chief of the English Premier League for its handling of copyright issues, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218244-thai-pm-prayut-basking-in-praise-from-english-football-boss-over-piracy-success/

 

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Pattaya: Thai media and public continue to shame people not following Covid rules 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Two examples from the Thai media yesterday showed the continuing propensity for both the press and the public to condemn people not following the mask and gathering rules in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218247-pattaya-thai-media-and-public-continue-to-shame-people-not-following-covid-rules /

 

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Know your enemy: Getting to grips with the COVID variants attacking Thailand 

 

Military personnel in protective suit disinfect a school in Ubon Ratchatani province to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus on May 21, 2021. (Photo by Handout / ROYAL THAI ARMY / AFP)

 

In the space of a few months, three variant COVID-19 viruses have been detected in Thailand, the British, the Indian, and the South African. While health authorities insist that mass vaccination will bring the situation under control, the presence of these variants has sparked fears that the ongoing infection wave will engulf barriers deployed to halt it.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218250-know-your-enemy-getting-to-grips-with-the-covid-variants-attacking-thailand/

 

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Thai April exports up 13.1% year-on-year - commerce minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships are loaded with containers as they are docked at the port near Chao Phraya river in Bangkok October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports rose 13.09% in April from a year earlier, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218253-thai-april-exports-up-131-year-on-year-commerce-minister/

 

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Chonburi Covid -19 cases plunge to 34 new cases as factory clusters come under control

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chonburi – The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 34 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 (May 25th), as recent clusters at factories begin to come under control. This is a major drop from over 100 new cases driven by factory clusters over the past few days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218254-chonburi-covid-19-cases-plunge-to-34-new-cases-as-factory-clusters-come-under-control/

 

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Angry mum! She finds out son is doing drugs and burns shop down

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

Siam Chon News reported that an angry mother had discovered that her son was doing drugs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218255-angry-mum-she-finds-out-son-is-doing-drugs-and-burns-shop-down/

 

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Cyclone Yaas: Heavy rain and high seas warning for seven southern Thai provinces

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that the Thai met office had issued a warning for seven Thai provinces in the central/south and south area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218257-cyclone-yaas-heavy-rain-and-high-seas-warning-for-seven-southern-thai-provinces/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Truck with pipes lying sideways goes 1000 km+ - no charges for driver!

 

Picture: New Na

 

Naew Na reported that a truck carrying pipes sideways went from Samut Prakan east of Bangkok to Sadao on the Malaysian border without anyone fining the driver.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218260-amazing-thailand-truck-with-pipes-lying-sideways-goes-1000-km-no-charges-for-driver/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Drones spraying alcohol deployed to help fight COVID-19

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that officials in Thailand had gone completely crazy - others might see method in the madness.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218262-amazing-thailand-drones-spraying-alcohol-deployed-to-help-fight-covid-19/

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Hungarian man found dead at Patong condo

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police and rescue workers at the condo building south of Patong yesterday (May 24). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police do not suspect any suspicious circumstances were involved in the death of a 56-year-old Hungarian man whose body was found in a condo south of Patong yesterday (May 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218268-hungarian-man-found-dead-at-patong-condo/

 

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The 24-hour Pak Khlong Talat flower market now a ghost town

 

 

Pak Khlong Talat market is well known as Thailand’s biggest market for fresh-cut flowers from across the country and from other parts of the world, such as the Netherlands. Any kind of flower you can imagine, from colourful orchids, lilies and jasmine, to Dutch roses and tulips and grandiose floral arrangements are available at wholesale and retail prices.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218269-the-24-hour-pak-khlong-talat-flower-market-now-a-ghost-town/

 

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House Speaker warns MPs to discipline their aides following claims of attempted vaccine queue jumping

 

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai at the Parliament on May 25, 2021

 

Some members of the Thai parliament have been told, by House Speaker Chuan Leekpai, to keep discipline among their aides, one of whom allegedly tried to jump the queue of people waiting for COVID-19 vaccination in the parliament building over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218275-house-speaker-warns-mps-to-discipline-their-aides-following-claims-of-attempted-vaccine-queue-jumping/