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Laos border crossing in Phayao reopens
Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 18/03/2020
» PHAYAO: The Thai border checkpoint in Phu Sang district of this northern province and the Pang Mone international checkpoint at Muang Khob in Sayaboury province of Laos have reopened after being closed for only one day.
Thai- Lao border closed in Phayao
Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 17/03/2020
» PHAYAO: The border crossing to Laos in Phu Sang district of this northern province has been closed from both sides due to the Covid-19 threat.
Laos to open Pang Mon border checkpoint Feb 1
Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 26/01/2020
» PHAYAO: Laos will open the Pang Mon checkpoint in Sayaboury province opposite Thailand's Ban Huak checkpoint in Phu Sang district of this northern border province on Feb 1, provincial chamber of commerce adviser Kongsak Tharanit said on Saturday.
The cloth-weavers' tale
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 05/01/2019
» Traders in Phu Sang district of northern Phayao province did not know they were on the cusp of commercial ruin until their supplies of traditional fabric -- purchased from neighbouring Laos with the intention of selling to tourists -- had dried up.
Laos 'might need a push' to take full advantage of border crossing
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 02/12/2018
» Phayao: Despite the upgrading of Ban Huak crossing in Phu Sang district to a permanent border checkpoint, only local residents are currently allowed to travel across the border to Laos.
Going with the flow
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 25/08/2018
» Border trade is a key engine driving the economy. Now Thai officials hope that by upgrading border checkpoints to border passes they can invigorate the country by boosting exchanges.
The Governator of Phayao
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 04/08/2018
» Former Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn knows the importance of teamwork having overseen the rescue of the Wild Boars after they spent two weeks without food in a flooded cave. Now he is bringing that experience to Phayao, where he has been reassigned.
Making a meal out of it
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 23/06/2018
» In recent weeks, lunches have turned into a political hot potato for some state-run schools where administrators are accused of cutting costs by serving up meagre meals, which critics say rob young students of the nutrition they need to perform. Parents have complained that some schools in the Northeast have skimped on ingredients and reduced the sizes of the portions served at canteens, possibly skimming off student lunch finding for use elsewhere.
Bamboo worms have panel in twist
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 06/03/2018
» National park authorities want restrictions imposed on how many bamboo worms can be taken across the border to Laos via the Ban Huak crossing in Phayao to curb the illegal felling of bamboo in the province.
NSC nod eyed for checkpoint upgrade
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 27/07/2017
» Phayao: Provincial authorities are expected to ask the National Security Council (NSC) to approve a proposed upgrade of the Ban Huak border crossing in Phu Sang district into an international border checkpoint.