New air Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) involving Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia will begin on March 15, 2022 as part of joint efforts to reopen international borders.
Thai Vietjet - the operator with most flight services between Vietnam and Thailand, has announced that the carrier will resume its international air service linking the Thai capital city of Bangkok and the central beach city of Da Nang in Vietnam from March 27, 2022.
A new luxury hotel operated by Japanese hotelier Hotel Okura will be opened in the center of the business district in Bangkok in 2025, with a total cost of 24 billion JPY (208 million USD), according to Nikkei Asia.
Indonesia reported the highest daily COVID-19 caseload with 64,718 infections recorded on February 16, according to data released by the national COVID-19 task force.
Budget carrier Vietjet Air announced on February 15 it will operate six return flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand’s Bangkok from March, doubling its current frequency.
The budget airline Vietjet Air plans to reopen the air route connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok of Thailand from January 21 as part of efforts to further expand its international operations.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to cancel the official New Year countdown event and prayer ceremony planned to be held on the night of December 31 and January 1, 2022 due to concerns over the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
Thailand’s economy is expected to recover in 2022, growing 2.8-3.7 percent, depending mostly on the severity of the Omicron variant, according to Kasikorn Research Centre (K-Research).
Investment during the pandemic has proved challenging for investors across the globe. However, hopes for this top-performing Asian economy are growing as the Vietnam market has outperformed other international peers thanks to its GDP growth amid COVID-19 last year, according to the Bangkok Post.
Thailand is planning to resume on-site teaching in Bangkok capital next month, while Siem Reap province of Cambodia is shifting its focus on making sure that this international tourism hub is read to welcome tourists back.
Five more tourist destinations in Thailand will be opened to visitors starting November 1 on the condition that there is no new large COVID-19 cluster in the areas until then.
Thailand's plan to attract 1 million quality tourists by the first quarter of next year is to serve as a key blueprint to drive the economic recovery after almost two years of being hit by COVID-19, reported Bangkok Post newspaper.
Bangkok, Chon Buri, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Chiang Mai will begin implementing their tourism reopening plans on October 1 as planned, Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has confirmed.
The Cambodian Health Ministry on September 13 reported 629 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 123 imported ones, bringing the total infections to 100,133.
The Chairman of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) for 2021 - 2024 said the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the future of public sector auditing, leading to new reforms amid challenges of the next normal.
Thailand’s leading English-language printed newspaper Bangkok Post on September 2 published an interview with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh on the occasion of Vietnam’s 76th National Day.
The 45-year ties between Vietnam and Thailand were highlighted at an online conference jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok, the Thai Embassy in Hanoi and the Vietnam Diplomatic Academy on August 26.
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