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Thailand poised to adopt vaccine passports to kick-start tourism
The tourism minister has asked the Public Health Ministry for approval to launch a vaccine passport system in a bid to kick-start the tourism industry this year.Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday that the government was waiting for a World Health Organisation ...
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50% more people hunting for jobs this year: Dept of Employment
The number of people using the Department of Employment’s services to hunt for jobs this year has risen by 50 per cent, director-general Suchart Pornchaiwisetkul said on Friday.He said 67,017 people had either shown up at the department’s offices or visited the Smart Job Centre ...
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Speed limit will be raised to 120kph in April
The speed limit for roads with four lanes or more will be raised from 90 kilometres per hour to 120kph, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Friday.He said the new speed limit should be announced in the Royal Gazette by April, after a study by ...
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Thai economy faces 10% permanent loss if Covid recovery delayed: S&P Global Ratings
Southeast Asia now risks a delayed economic recovery that will steepen permanent economic losses, says a new report by S&P Global Ratings. Thailand and other major Asean markets are living with the effects of new Covid-19 waves that appear to have peaked only recently, according ...
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Thai online learning platform plans international alliances
Thailand Massive Open Online Course (Thai MOOC), an online learning platform run by the Ministry of Higher Education, aims to its focus on curriculum and skill development while striving to go international.Assoc Prof Dr Thapanee Thammametha, programme director of Thai Cyber University, said that this ...
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New lung of Bangkok expected to fully ready in Feb 2022
The first phase of redeveloping the Benjakitti Park will be completed by June 2021 to be open for Mother’s Day, deputy government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said.The overall construction plan is expected to be completed by February 2022.The first eight months in phase one are focused ...
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Govt to dump seven out-of-date laws
A Government House source said the Cabinet recently approved a draft to repeal some laws that are either not applicable any more or overlap other laws.The Council of State proposed seven laws that can be repealed, namely:1940 Royal Thai Police Regulation and Operation of Gold ...
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BTS fares remain unchanged
Passengers are not being charged fares for some 26 BTS stations, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said on Tuesday. The free stations are on the BTS Green Line, from Bearing to Kheha and from Mo Chit to Khu Khot. Bangkok’s Skytrain system covers 61 stations ...
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Thailand’s GDP contracted 6.1 per cent in 2020 due to Covid-19: NESDC
Thailand’s gross domestic products (GDP) shrank 6.1 per cent in 2020 due to widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Monday.Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of NESDC, said at a conference that GDP in the fourth quarter of ...
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Cross-border trade with Myanmar via Ranong looking up
Thai-Myanmar border trade through Ranong province in January 2021 grew by 3.94 per cent in value compared to the previous month, with Thai exports increasing by 6.12 per cent, Wanida Arunothai, chief of Ranong Provincial Commercial Office under the Ministry of Commerce, revealed.The main exports ...
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