16 Tourists happily visited Doi Inthanon and were impressed with its sea of mist and its lowest temperature at 8 degrees Celsius when the mountain reopened this morning.
10 The Royal Irrigation Department warns that a deluge from the Phet dam will reach the heart of Phetchaburi province at 4pm today.
40 Rescue workers hauled a sports utility vehicle up from the Chao Phraya River after it plunged into the water and its driver drowned four days ago.
27 The Food and Drug Administration warns that the injection of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in Sa Kaeo province was illegal despite its registration with the FDA because the vaccine was smuggled into the country.
25 The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives started to transfer financial aid to the rice growers who participated in the farmers’ income insurance program of the government for the 2021/2022 crop season today.
31 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration reinforced its embankments and installed pumps along the Chao Phraya River to protect riverside communities from high tide overflow.
13 The country reopening was satisfactory in its first week as Thailand received more than 20,000 visitors, only 15 of whom were infected with COVID-19, according to the government spokesman.
10 Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang apologized for the flooding that resulted from overflow from the Chao Phraya River.
35 Bangkok’s Department of Drainage and Sewerage reported overflows from many canals in Bangkok and Muang district of Samut Prakan due to the high tide.
15 Prime Minister PrayuBt Chan-o-cha happily acknowledged the administration of 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and Thailand ranked 18th globally and 3rd in Southeast Asia by its vaccination coverage.
7 Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha discussed with his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern full bilateral cooperation and the transfer of the APEC chairmanship to Thailand next year during a video conference.
16 The rice price situation is likely to improve thanks to many positive factors including weaker baht, country reopening and receding floods, according to the Department of Internal Trade.
