Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh on March 22 met with Nirat Phongsittithaworn, the Governor of Chiang Mai province, discussing measures to promote cooperation between the province and Vietnamese localities.
Thai Government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul on March 22 said that the country recorded 5.57 million foreign tourist arrivals from the beginning of this year to March 18.
Thailand will further promote sci-tech and education cooperation with Vietnam, including a plan to teach Vietnamese at some local universities, affirmed Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) Anek Laothamatas in a working session with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh in Bangkok on March 20.
Vietnam has unique native diversity which is attractive to foreigners, Thai scholar Songrit Pongern said in an interview on Vietnamese culture with the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondents in Bangkok.
Thai officials announced that they had found a cyclinder of Caesium-137 that went missing from a power plant in Sri Maha Pho district at a steel foundry in Prachinburi province, 150km east of Bangkok, reported The Nation newspaper.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on May 20 issued a royal decree on the dissolution of the country's parliament, paving the way for a general election to be held in May. The decree took effect on the same day.
A ceremony of was held in Thailand’s Khon Kaen province on March 18 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the One Pillar Pagoda, a symbol of the Vietnam-Thailand friendship in the locality.
The National Environment Board (NEB) of Thailand has endorsed stricter measures to combat air pollution caused by PM2.5, ordering all 17 provinces in the North to halt burning activities until the end of April.
The Vietnam Basketball Association 3x3 Prime Men Pro tipped off on a vibrant morning of March 18 in Hanoi, with 11 clubs vying for the championship title.
The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) under the Thai Ministry of Public Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control.
Ten ASEAN Tourism Ministers have approved the ASEAN professional standards for MICE Professionals and Event Professionals. Effective regionally this year, the approved standards will enhance the competitiveness and strengthen the potential of ASEAN MICE industry.
The Thai government has ordered the Royal Thai Navy to join efforts to rescue an oil tanker operated by a unit of Chevron Corp that was damaged earlier this week during a routine maintenance in the Gulf of Thailand.
The Thailand’s National Environment Board (NEB) on March 15 backed stronger measures to deal with air pollution from fine particle matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), ordering all the 17 provinces in the north to cease burning activities until the end of April.
The EU on March 15 announced the relaunch of negotiations for a modern and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) with sustainability at its core, especially in the green technology field.
A conference seeking ways to boost cooperation in economics, trade, investment and other fields between Quang Binh province in central Vietnam and Sakon Nakhon province was held in the Thai northeasten locality on March 14-15.
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a raft of proposals in what’s likely to be its last meeting before Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha dissolves parliament to pave way for a general election in May this year.
The Vietnamese Association in Thailand’s Udon Thani province on March 14 held a ceremony to commemorate 64 naval officers and soldiers who laid down their lives while defending Gac Ma Reef in Vietnam's Truong Sa in 1988 as well as heroic martyrs who sacrificed for the Fatherland and those who died of natural disasters and pandemics.
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