Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha on August 8 sent a congratulatory message to Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen for gaining overwhelming support in the general election on July 29, according to Thailand’s freshnewsasia e-newspaper.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked for a formation of a ministry of higher education, research and development as soon as possible.
Thai envoys to neighbouring countries and 32 governors of its border provinces will meet in a two-day meeting since August 9 with the theme of “Synergised efforts to enhance security, prosperity, and sustainable development in the Border Provinces”.
Many Thai localities are facing flooding due to prolonged downpours.
Shops in Thailand’s southwestern province of Phetchaburi on August 7 blocked doors with sandbags and bricks to brace for flooding over fears that a dam in the area could overflow.
President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha have reaffirmed their commitment to raise two-way trade to 1.5 billion USD by 2020, along with achieving a trade balance.
All 12 boys and their football coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province have been rescued.
The National Legislative Assembly of Thailand approved the National Strategy which will be legally binding for 20 years to all government agencies and public organisations.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 29 visited a cave in the northern province of Chieng Rai where 12 boys and their soccer coach are believed to be trapped for nearly a week.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS 8) and the 9th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit (CLMV 9) in Bangkok, Thailand from June 15-16.
The Thai Constitution Protection Association on June 3 issued a statement calling on Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to step down before the Constitutional Court makes a verdict on the scandal related to his wife’s failure to declare her stockholdings.
The World Bank has praised the Thai government for its work to improve the ease of doing business in Thailand.
Thailand was the world's rice top exporter in the January to March period with 2.78 million tonnes shipped abroad, up 3.1 percent year-on-year, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
The National Rice Policy Committee of Thailand, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has recently approved a mechanism to build rice barns in a bid to stabilise rice price and facilitate rice export.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to attend a Mekong River Commission (MRC) summit in Cambodia, where he will be meeting with top leaders of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha claims that peace talks between the government and southern rebel groups are progressing well, with the ultimate goal of restoring peace and confidence in the violence-torn south.
Major political parties in Thailand on April 1 began the process of reconfirming their memberships and resumed official contact with their members for the first time since the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) issued a ban on political activity following the coup d'état in May 2014.
Leaders of the nations in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) delivered their commitments to stronger regional cooperation at the plenary session of the sixth GMS Summit in Hanoi on March 31.
