NONGKHAI, Dec 28 (TNA) – The removal of the last of Thailand’s long-term ethnic Hmong refugee population to Laos from Phetchabun was expected to be complete late Monday, with the official ceremony handing over the returnees will take place Tuesday at Bolikhamsai province’s Paksan City, hundreds of miles from their former homes in the north [...]
BANGKOK, 28 December 2009 (NNT) – The Energy Policy and Planning Committee has agreed to purchase natural gas from Myanmar’s Block M9. The purchase deal is to be proposed to the Cabinet tomorrow. Speaking after the Energy Policy and Planning Committee’s meeting, Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul said the deal would allow the import of natural [...]
BANGKOK, 28 December 2009 (NNT) – Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij urges Puea Thai MP Group Captain Anudith Nakornthap to apologize to him for the accusation that he has used his ministerial position for privileges in air journeys. The minister stated that the MP might have received wrong information from other people, adding that all of [...]
PHETCHABUN, Dec 28 (TNA) – Thailand early Monday morning began repatriation processing of more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos, with the expectation of completing the movement by the end of the day, with the empty ethnic Hmong camp in Thailand to soon be formally closed. Col Thana Charuwat, coordinator of the operation, told reporters [...]
BANGKOK, 27 December 2009 (NNT) – The viewpoints towards the solutions to the Map Ta Phut impasse have still been contradictory, according to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stated during his weekly talk show “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit”, that the Map Ta Phut deadlock could be completely resolved by legal [...]
BANGKOK, 27 December 2009 (NNT) – The Board of Investment (BOI) has reported 1,193 applications seeking investment promotion worth 514.60 billion THB in 2009, which has generated employment to 129,453 people. BOI Secretary-General, Dr Atchaka Sibunruang Brimble stated that the capital value was 114.60 billion THB or 28% higher than the estimation. In the beginning [...]
CHIANG MAI, 27 December 2009 (NNT) – Panda cub Lin Ping celebrates her seventh month birthday anniversary on Sunday amid warm welcome and presents at the display area of Chiang Mai Zoo in the northern province of Chiang Mai. Panda Research and Display Project Head Prasertsak Buntragulpoontawee and his team members took the panda cub [...]
BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday accusation by his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen over an alleged plan to stage a coup in Cambodia– which he denied earlier– would not disrupt relations between the peoples of the two neighbouring countries. Speaking during his weekly address on television and radio, Mr [...]
BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) — A total of 1,193 investment projects with a combined investment of Bt514.6 billion with the potential to generate employment for 129,453 workers sought promotional privileges from Thailand’s Board of Investment (BoI) from January 1 through December 20, Secretary-General Atchaka Sibunruang said. Mrs. Atchaka said the combined investment exceeded by 28.65 [...]
BANGKOK, 24 December 2009 (NNT) – Families of the 2005 Tsunami victims continually arrived in the southern province of Phang Nga for the annual ceremony held in commemoration of the Tsunami. The Tsunami hit areas in Phan-Nga are crowded with tourists and family members of the Tsunami victims. Flowers and garlands line the cemetery in [...]
