Thailand and the United States have decided to scale down their annual joint military exercise Cobra Gold, set to be held from February 20 to March 5, due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, according to local media.
Thailand’s Cabinet has allocated 6.78 billion baht for the hosting of two International Horticultural Expos in Udon Thani and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces
Road accidents in Thailand claimed 333 lives over the 2022 New Year break’s "seven dangerous days”, according to the country’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).
The Thai government will continue to pay for COVID-19 treatment at private hospitals, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on January 5.
Thailand's cabinet on January 4 approved a 3.185 trillion THB (95.5 billion USD) budget for the 2023 fiscal year, up 2.74 percent, or 85 billion THB, from that of the previous year.
Thailand’s Ministry of Education has postponed its annual Children’s Day event at the Teachers Council Auditorium in Bangkok to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Thailand has reopened Maya Bay, a white sand beach made famous by the 2000 film "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, more than three years after closing it to allow its ecosystem to recover from the impact of thousands of visitors each day.
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will recommend that the reopening of the Test & Go quarantine-free travel scheme be postponed until the end of January amid reports of 229 new Omicron COVID-19 cases.
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has acknowledged that the number of Omicron COVID-19 cases is likely to increase and is proposing work from home measures after the holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant.
The Public Health Ministry of Thailand has drawn up three possible scenarios in case of the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, Permanent Health Secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit said.
A Thai retailer and an Austrian property company have acquired luxury British store chain Selfridges in a deal that a source close to the matter said was worth around 4 billion pounds (about 5.4 billion USD), AFP reported.
The Thai government is planning a fiscal 2023 budget worth 3.185 trillion THB (about 95 billion USD), with a deficit of 695 billion THB for the fiscal year, which starts in October 2022.
Thailand reported on December 24 its first domestic cluster of coronavirus infections from the Omicron variant in Kalasin province, officials have said.
Energy Minister of Thailand Supattanapong Punmeechaow is urging officials to speed up the capital spending of 300 billion THB (some 8.9 billion USD) to help restore the COVID-19-ravaged economy.
