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Cancer treatment reimbursement changes postponed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2024
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has deferred the launch of new budget reimbursement criteria for hospitals joining the Cancer Treatment Anywhere (CA) programme pending discussions to deal with reimbursement shortcomings.
National Health Security Office defends 'Cancer Anywhere' scheme
News, Apinya Wipatayotin & Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 17/12/2024
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) said it won't scrap the Cancer Anywhere (CA) programme -- which allows cancer patients to choose where they would like to receive their treatment -- despite calls from several experts to have the scheme scrapped due to spiralling costs.
Cancer Anywhere scheme 'hurting hospitals'
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 16/12/2024
» Experts are urging the National Health Security Office (NHSO) to scrap the Cancer Anywhere (CA) programme after several major public hospitals reported operating losses due to the overwhelming number of patients requesting cancer treatment.
Graft case targets PM's chief adviser
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2023
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has reportedly indicted the prime minister's chief adviser, Kittirat Na Ranong, for alleged graft in selecting a local supplier for rice exports to Indonesia in 2011.
New space race to the Moon's South Pole
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/08/2023
» Don't say "Moon Race". Perish the thought! But there is a race to land on the Moon, and the Russians are cheating. Well, sort of cheating.
Broadcasting rights in jeopardy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2022
» Fifa has threatened to pull the plug on Thailand's broadcasting of World Cup 2022 final matches if the kingdom fails to meet its standard encryption of broadcasting signals, the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) said on Wednesday.
Navy intercepts 2 Vietnam trawlers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/05/2022
» Two Vietnamese fishing boats were intercepted and 14 crew members arrested on Thursday for illegally encroaching and fishing in Thai waters in Songkhla, according to the navy.
Test & Go restarts for travellers
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/02/2022
» The "Test & Go" programme for fully vaccinated travellers resumes on Wednesday with travellers required to take an extra RT-PCR test on the fifth day of arriving and to wait for the test result at their hotel or face tough legal consequences.
Vietnam is powering full steam towards the future
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 08/10/2019
» These days, I get nostalgic every time I make a trip to Hanoi. This time around, it was about Vietnam's street food scene. When I first came to Hanoi in 1986, my favourite eating place was at the corner of Ly Thuong Kiet and Pham Chu Trinh streets, where one could have bun cha on the pavement of the street, which was lined with numerous haircut booths.
Asean militaries between US, China
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/09/2019
» The inaugural Asean-United States Maritime Exercise (AUMX) this week has sent ripples far and wide to the shores of regional states from Beijing and Tokyo to New Delhi. Hosted by Thailand at its Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri province, the first AUMX comes nearly a year after Asean held a similar maritime drill with China off the coast of Guangdong province. At issue is the intensifying rivalry between the US and China on the one hand and Asean's centrality and geopolitical balance between the two superpowers on the other. Several implications are discernible.