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  • World NewsFair weather for Thailand’s north east this weekend despite incorrect warnings

    Fair weather for Thailand’s north east this weekend despite incorrect warnings

    The Thai Meteorological Department has incorrectly forecast the tracking of the tropical storm ‘Vamco’, instead warning Thais to “brace for the impact of Typhoon Vamco over the weekend”, according to Bangkok Post. But the track of the storm is not even forecast to reach the far north of Thailand until late Monday or Tuesday, although there could be some rain…

  • World NewsVamco kills 7 as typhoon-weary communities mop up in northern Philippines | VIDEO

    Vamco kills 7 as typhoon-weary communities mop up in northern Philippines | VIDEO

    ‘Vamco’, aka Ulysses in The Philippines, is now a severe tropical storm heading westward towards the central Vietnamese coastline after making landfall on The Philippines yesterday as the latest typhoon. At least 7 people have died and 12 others missing after Vamco made landfall on Wednesday night. A 68 and 70 year old are among those killed. More than 180,000…

  • World NewsVietnam plans to keep borders closed and not rely on vaccine strategy

    Vietnam plans to keep borders closed and not rely on vaccine strategy

    The Vietnamese Covid-19 task force says it plans to maintain its strategy of containing the coronavirus rather than “rush into a vaccine”, even if a successful vaccine becomes available, that could pose a financial burden the country. Vietnam, despite a month-long surge around Da Nang, has been able to largely contain the local outbreak. Yesterday the world’s Covid numbers reported…

  • World News34 Thai provinces affected by heavy rains and flooding, typhoon ‘Goni’ heads towards Vietnam

    34 Thai provinces affected by heavy rains and flooding, typhoon ‘Goni’ heads towards Vietnam

    Heavy rain overnight has flooded parts of the Wang Nam Khiao district in southern Nakhon Ratchasima caused by run-off from the mountainous areas of the Thap Lan National Park. At least 1 person has been reported dead from the north eastern floods, an 18 year old swept away by sweeping waves of water while driving back to house by motorcycle…

  • World NewsAt least 35 dead, 100s injured, 50+ missing in Vietnam typhoon Molave

    At least 35 dead, 100s injured, 50+ missing in Vietnam typhoon Molave

    ‘Molave’ has been the most powerful typhoon to hit Vietnam in 20 years. As it peters out into a harmless low pressure front making its way westwards in Thailand. Officials say the death toll across Vietnam may rise as some regions have been unable to report details of damage and casualties. This morning the remnants of Molave are sitting directly…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | STV updates, fuel tanker explodes, 19 dead in Viet typhoon | October 29

    Thailand News Today | STV updates, fuel tanker explodes, 19 dead in Viet typhoon | October 29

    Daily TV news, in English. Everything you need to know in around 5 minutes. Keep up to date on The Thaiger. “Pattaya Model” to focus on Special Tourist Visa visitors from China and Russia Firstly the Phuket Model, now the Pattaya Model as the eastern seaboard city wants to cash in on the new Special Tourist Visa scheme to help…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Big Bike licenses, Parliament latest, Zombie saleswoman | October 28

    Thailand News Today | Big Bike licenses, Parliament latest, Zombie saleswoman | October 28

    Daily TV news from The Thaiger, the most watched English-language news service in the Land of Smiles, and hosted by Tim Newton. Thailand to introduce separate test for big bike riders from next year From next February, motorbike riders in Thailand will be required to pass a separate driving test and training session if they wish to receive a licence…

  • Thailand NewsUS accuses Chinese companies of exploitation along the Mekong River

    US accuses Chinese companies of exploitation along the Mekong River

    The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is accusing Chinese companies of “exploitative practices” in the Mekong River region after a new partnership has been launched to combat “transnational crimes”. Pompeo named the China Communications Construction Company as one of the big offenders and says the Chinese Communist Party is responsible for the increase in human, wildlife and drug trafficking…

  • Thailand video newsHeavy rain, big protest tomorrow, special tourist visa | Thailand News Today | September 18

    Heavy rain, big protest tomorrow, special tourist visa | Thailand News Today | September 18

    Daily TV news from around Thailand. Police catch inmate who escaped prison dressed as a guard He was smart enough to get hold of a prison guard uniform and escape, but was wasn’t smart enough to not get caught. The inmate who walked out of Phetchabun Provincial Prison yesterday, disguised as a guard, has now been recaptured. Police were able…

  • World NewsVietnam ready to take off, international flights start this month

    Vietnam ready to take off, international flights start this month

    Vietnam is gearing up for international flights and some trips are planned to start as early as this month. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority says they’re set to start international flights on September 15 after being put on pause for the past 5 months. The authority’s director says travellers will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Vietnam. Japan…

  • Politics NewsFamilies call on government for answers to alleged activist abductions

    Families call on government for answers to alleged activist abductions

    Families of those who were allegedly abducted while abroad are calling on the government to give answers to the missing cases. The families gathered together yesterday in remembrance of those they lost from enforced disappearances. Recently, protests sparked after the June disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit who was living in exile in Cambodia. Surveillance footage shows Wanchalearm, a Thai Monarchy critic,…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesHeavy rains expected in Northern Thailand. ‘Higos’ reaches China’s coast.

    Heavy rains expected in Northern Thailand. ‘Higos’ reaches China’s coast.

    Category 3 tropical storm Higos is expected to bring heavy rains to Northern Thailand for the next few days. The Thai Meteorological Department issued a warning saying “people should beware of the severe conditions”. China suffered a double blow of flooding and landslides from unusually heavy seasonal rains and a storm that barrelled into its southern coast yesterday evening. 5 people…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesOver 1,000 homes damaged as remnants of tropical storm Sinlaku wreaks havoc in Ranong

    Over 1,000 homes damaged as remnants of tropical storm Sinlaku wreaks havoc in Ranong

    Tropical storm Sinlaku has made its presence felt in the southern province of Ranong, damaging over 1,000 properties in the Pak Nam district. Pak Nam’s location on the Andaman Sea means it bore the brunt of the storm, but the district of Suksamran was also badly affected, with several homes dragged into the sea by a fierce current co-inciding with…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesChon Buri and Pattaya residents told to prepare for a week of rain and potential floods

    Chon Buri and Pattaya residents told to prepare for a week of rain and potential floods

    Rain, and more rain. That’s the forecast for many parts of Thailand today. Already, over the past 24 hours, there has been torrential rain storms hitting parts of Phuket and Chiang Mai. Today the Thai Meteorological Department is forecasting a week of poor weather ahead in the Chon Buri province, east of Bangkok. There is an 80% chance of rain…

  • World NewsVietnam records first Covid-19 deaths

    Vietnam records first Covid-19 deaths

    Vietnam announced today that 2 people have now died of Covid-19 complications, just a day after it recorded its first-ever coronavirus death, as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without a locally transmitted case. Both patients died in hospital in Da Nang, a hotspot with more than 100 cases in the past week, more than half of…

  • World NewsVietnam in new virus scare as 15 cases emerge

    Vietnam in new virus scare as 15 cases emerge

    Vietnam, which recorded its first locally transmitted case of Covid-19 since April, has now closed the coastal resort city of Da Nang to tourists after 15 new cases were recorded there over the past 5 days. Tourists cannot enter the city for 14 days and up to 80,000, mostly domestic visitors, are being flown home. Vietnam, along with Thailand, has been…

  • World NewsCovid-19 UPDATE: 3 new cases in Thailand, world total passes 16 million

    Covid-19 UPDATE: 3 new cases in Thailand, world total passes 16 million

    On a day when the number of the world’s total infections zooms through the 16 million mark, and the US total for deaths is about to reach 150,000 people, Thailand again registers a mere 3 new cases, again all imported. The USA, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa are the world’s Top 5 coronavirus hotspots with a host of South…

  • Hot NewsThai VietJet offers 50% off baggage and domestic flight discounts

    Thai VietJet offers 50% off baggage and domestic flight discounts

    Thai VietJet is reportedly offering a 50% discount on baggage fees for passengers travelling between Bangkok and Krabi or Phuket until July 31. The savings comes after the airline also slashed domestic flight prices by 50%, hoping to gain more customers as the local budget airlines position themselves for the recovery of flights and tourism. VietJet have a reputation for…

  • World NewsPhu Quoc will be Vietnam’s ‘test’ island as it re-opens to foreign tourists

    Phu Quoc will be Vietnam’s ‘test’ island as it re-opens to foreign tourists

    Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, the tourist island off the coast of Cambodia in the eastern Gulf of Thailand, is going to start allowing foreign arrivals on a trial basis as part of Vietnam’s roadmap to re-opening to international tourism. As an island the trial will be a more controlled rehearsal for wider re-openings to tourists around Vietnam in the future. Vietnam’s…

  • World NewsFewer Chinese tour groups, more independent travellers to reboot SE Asia travel

    Fewer Chinese tour groups, more independent travellers to reboot SE Asia travel

    Hoping that Chinese tourism is going to ride magically back into Thailand on the back of a gleaming red dragon and save the tattered tourism sector may be precipitous. Of course there are so, so many unknowns even the regular travel writers and consultants are scrambling to forecast a way forward. For Thailand, the ban on international flights hasn’t even…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai Covid 19 “Super Spreader” song goes… VIRAL

    Thai Covid 19 “Super Spreader” song goes… VIRAL

    “Don’t just think of fun, or you’ll suffer from Covid If you can’t recover, you could die!” After witnessing the successful Vietnamese public service song and #EndCov campaigns educating the Vietnamese population to wash their hands and take action in the battle against the Coronavirus, the Thai government has doubled down and weaponised the power of Issan music to create…

  • Covid-19 NewsPoliceman nabbed with 7,500 masks and for breaking national curfew in the north-east

    Policeman nabbed with 7,500 masks and for breaking national curfew in the north-east

    Police were checking cars along the Phon Thong-Kuchinarai road in Roi Et, far north-east Thailand, when a dark grey Honda sedan approached. Stopping the car for a routine inspection they found that the driver was a fellow police officer, 33 year old Police Sergeant Pitak, along with a passenger. But when officials searched the car they found 3 boxes full of…

  • World NewsThai airways cancels 32 flights to 12 countries

    Thai airways cancels 32 flights to 12 countries

    Reports from Thai Airways International say that due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease the national airline is obligated to announce the cancellation of international flights. In order to meet the traveling needs of decreasing passengers, the airline have announced cancelled flights to and from 12 countries, totalling 32 flights. These flights include… 1. Nepal, Kathmandu, 2 flights, TG…

  • World NewsVietnamese virus videos go viral

    Vietnamese virus videos go viral

    The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak shaking the region and the world economy is inspiring some “novel” music videos in Vietnam. Homemade videos featuring a hit Vietnamese song and an accompanying dance about the need for hand-washing have racked up more than 2 million views on video app TikTok. Borrowing the tune from the pop song “Jealous” (“Ghen” in Vietnamese) Vietnam’s health…

  • Phuket NewsThailand welcomes cruise ship shunned in Vietnam over virus fears

    Thailand welcomes cruise ship shunned in Vietnam over virus fears

    German cruise ship AIDAvita has been welcomed in Thailand, days after it was blocked from docking in Vietnam due to fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus spreading across the region. Authorities in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, home to UNESCO world heritage site Ha Long Bay, barred passengers on the AIDAvita from disembarking on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency. Germany’s…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: Vietnam village quarantined, worldwide cases reach 64,448

    Coronavirus UPDATE: Vietnam village quarantined, worldwide cases reach 64,448

    Latest coronavirus stats Infected patients worldwide reaches 64,448 whilst the death toll from the coronavirus has plateaued in the past 24 hours to 1,383. According to the Chinese National Health Commission, the current number of infections of coronavirus (aka. covid-2019) in mainland China is 63,8591, up some 5,000 from the day before. 7,101 patients have now full recovered. There are at…

  • Việt NamHộ chiếu UAE “quyền lực” nhất thế giới

    Hộ chiếu UAE “quyền lực” nhất thế giới

    Căn cứ trên chỉ số đánh giá hộ chiếu toàn cầu Global Passport Index, hộ chiếu của các Tiểu vương quốc Arab Thống nhất (UAE) tiếp tục đứng số 1 trong bảng xếp hạng này. Trong năm 2020, người sở hữu hộ chiếu UAE có thể xin cấp thị thực nhập cảnh ngay tại cửa khẩu hoặc miễn thị thực tới…

  • Việt NamTiền vệ Jordan với mong muốn phá lưới Việt Nam

    Tiền vệ Jordan với mong muốn phá lưới Việt Nam

    Mohammad Bani Atieh – chủ công của Jordan, người mở tỷ số đầu tiên góp phần vào chiến thắng 2-1 cho Jordan trong trận chiến với Triều Tiên đã giúp Jordan giành trọn 3 điểm. Anh cho biết “Trận đầu bao giờ cũng khó khăn nhất”, “Chúng tôi đã vượt qua một Triều Tiên vốn rất khó chơi. Đặc biệt,…

  • World NewsStorm Nakri weakens, but is dumping heavy rains on the Central Highlands in Vietnam

    Storm Nakri weakens, but is dumping heavy rains on the Central Highlands in Vietnam

    PHOTO: National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting “Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific have cancelled or delayed a number of domestic flights that criss cross the affected region.” Tropical storm Nakri has now crossed Vietnam’s coast around Binh Dinh to Khanh Hoa provinces. The slow-moving system is weakening as it moves north west. The storm is expected to further weaken into a tropical depression…

  • World NewsTraffickers exploit vulnerable Vietnamese

    Traffickers exploit vulnerable Vietnamese

    “Many young Vietnamese head for the cities or gamble on their chances in Europe, out of devotion to their families, to escape a life of manual labour.” For a lot of Vietnamese, a job in Western Europe is seen as a path to prosperity and worth breaking the law for. And risking their lives. The risks are high and the consequences…