12 Thailand launches an Electronic-Visa on Arrival (E-VOA) for passengers from 21 economies, allowing them to speedily and conveniently obtain visas.
34 The Thai Rice Exporters Association foresees Thai rice exports will fall by 1 million tons to 9.5 million tons due to baht appreciation
10 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to declare the capital the air quality control zone and will implement law to fight worsening tiny dust.
9 Schools in Bangkok will be closed on Jan 31 and Feb 1 due to excessive dust particles.
11 The Office of Industrial Economics will require automobile producers to faster meet the Euro 5 emission standard to reduce fine particulate matte
14 Bangkok governor has ordered all 437 schools under its administration to close until Friday due to the rising fine dust pollution.
13 Thailand needs to develop its anti-corruption value as corruption remains as its major problem, said an activist organization.
16 After the cremation rite of the late much-revered monk, Luang Por Koon Parisutho, all of his ashes have been scattered onto the Mekong River as he requested in his will.
14 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand had good ties with FIFA and Bahrain and could not intervene in the case of a Bahraini footballer.
17 Thailand has revoked seven foreign patent applications for the use of marijuana after the country amended its narcotics law to allow medical use and research of marijuana.
10 A senior Thai official has shrugged off a rumour suggesting Thai exporters mix Thai Jasmine Rice with Vietnamese aromatic rice strain for exporting.
15 Thais of Chinese descent are preparing for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration and ancestral worship.
