Second Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 tourists
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Naewna Vang Vieng, Laos – A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said today (Nov. 22), bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six. Holly Bowles, […]
Read MoreBig lot of drugs found stuffed in Buddha images
BORDER Patrol Police together with other security agencies seized three Buddha images abandoned by a roadside in Nakhon Phanom today (Nov. 18) and within them were stuffed 12kg of heroin and 117kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Rewat Champa, commander of the 237th Border Patrol Police company, was […]
Read MoreThailand, Laos, Myanmar seek to head off looming dry-season haze and smog
THAILAND, Myanmar and Laos have launched a Joint Plan of Action, under the name of “CLEAR Sky Strategy” to pre-empt and prevent the annual dry-season haze and smog caused largely by forest fires and agricultural burning. While the joint effort may help mitigate the problem to some extent, speakers at the session admitted that […]
Read MoreNew mass of water gushing down Mekong river from China
AMID flooding of provinces along Mekong river a warning has been issued that a new wave of water will be flowing down from China through Xayaburi Dam in Laos and reaching Thailand either tonight or in a day or two, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Although flooding at Chiang Khan district […]
Read MoreNew Thai-Lao train service debuts tomorrow
STARTING tomorrow (July 19) is a new Thai-Lao train service directly linking Bangkok and Vientiane with this being a project undertaken by the governments of the two countries to better connect rail systems, TV Channel 7 said today. This daily rail service is an extension of the Bangkok-Nong Khai route with the State Railway […]
Read MoreThailand, Laos, Australia mark 30th anniversary of the Mekong’s first post-war peace project
THAILAND, Laos and Australia are this week holding a series of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1st Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, the first infrastructure project to reinforce the peace and promote travel, tourism, transportation and trade as a conduit for the economic development of the post-war Indochina region. The 1,170-kilometre bridge was […]
Read MoreThailand channelling 1.83 billion baht to improve Laos’ R12 highway
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND HAS OFFERED to provide a sum of 1.83 billion baht in funding for the planned improvement of R12 highway in middle Laos which could significantly facilitate land-based, cross-border trading among the Greater Mekong Subregion countries. Deputy government spokesperson Kenika Oonjit confirmed today (Apr. 18) the Thai government has resolved […]
Read MorePrawit pays personal visit to Lao PM in Vientiane
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan paid a personal visit to Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane today (Mar 3). The Palang Pracharath leader said he visited the Lao prime minister entirely on a personal basis and did by no means represent the Pheu Thai-led government. Neither did he act […]
Read MoreNorthern fruits to be exported to southwestern China via Lao railway
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BORDER PASS IN UTTARADIT is planned to be upgraded for export of a variety of fruits from northern Thailand to southwestern China via a Lao railway, a senior official confirmed today (Dec.20). The National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity & Food Standards’ deputy secretary-general Preeyanut Thipayawat said Pudu border pass […]
Read MoreTropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11
THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu […]
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