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Passenger charged after cocaine seized at Don Mueang airport
Online Reporters, Published on 18/06/2024
» A 39-year-old Indian man was arrested and charged with smuggling after 5.7 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth an estimated 17 million baht, were found in his bags on arrival at Don Mueang airport from Laos.
PM backs tourism industry
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/06/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is backing the idea of turning Lamphun into a city of museums and lifting efforts to make Nan a Unesco world heritage site as part of efforts to boost the kingdom's tourism industry.
Nan latest province to get Unesco world heritage push
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 12/06/2024
» The government aims to promote cultural tourism between Nan in the North of Thailand and Luang Prabang, the old capital of Laos, government spokesman Chai Watcharonke said.
Acid spill in Laos yet to reach Thai towns on Mekong River
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/04/2024
» The water quality in a stretch of the Mekong River along the Thailand-Laos border was still safe on Monday following Wednesday's incident in Laos, in which a lorry leaked sulphuric acid into one of the river's tributaries. Authorities will continue monitoring the water quality until Friday.
Thai-Laos QR payments to boost tourism
News, Published on 08/04/2024
» Tourist spending on both sides of the Thai-Laos border looks set to increase after the Bank of Thailand (BoT) and the Bank of Lao (BoL) on Sunday launched a new QR payment system to support electronic transactions.
Provinces on alert after acid leak into river from Laos
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/04/2024
» The government is monitoring sulphuric acid contamination in the Mekong River on the Lao side of the border.
'Historic' Nan to get Unesco push
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/03/2024
» The cabinet recently approved the Culture Ministry's plan to nominate Nan as a Unesco Cultural World Heritage Site, consisting of two subprojects that helped raise public awareness, Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanich said on Monday.
Asean dept DG reinforces ties during retreat
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/02/2024
» Bolbongse Vangphaen, deputy director-general of the Department of Asean, has outlined discussions Thailand held with foreign ministers of Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia during the Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat held in the Lao city of Luang Prabang on Sunday and Monday.
Humanitarian corridor from Myanmar wars planned in Tak
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/01/2024
» Thailand will set up a safe zone in Tak for international operations to help Myanmar people fleeing the fighting in their home country, with an eye to expanding the corridor to other border areas.
Thai FM backs Laos in Asean affairs
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/01/2024
» Luang Prabang: The Thai foreign minister said Thailand is ready to support Laos's role in dealing with the Myanmar crisis and other areas important to the Asean region.