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Debut of the Inaugural NIMO WAVE LIVE SHOW at Thailand Game Show 2024, unveiling the commercial potential of music

October 20, 2024 | 18:45

The Thailand Game Show 2024 is successfully concluded on October 20, 2024 , at Exhibition Hall 3-4 of the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand .

Cyanide found in food of 6 dead Vietnamese, American citizens in Thailand

July 22, 2024 | 16:04

Thai authorities have found cyanide not only in tea, but also in food in a hotel room in Bangkok, where six people, four Vietnamese and two Americans of Vietnamese, were found dead, reported local media.

Bangkok hotel deaths: Vietnamese PM urges citizen protection

July 19, 2024 | 15:20

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to closely coordinate with the Thai side in investigation and citizen protection after the deaths of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok.

Bangkok officials asked to work from home due to pollution

February 16, 2024 | 14:46

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials in Thailand have been instructed to work from home during February 15-16 to avoid harmful air pollution caused by dangerously high levels of PM2.5 across the capital.

PM2.5 to spike in Bangkok

January 15, 2024 | 15:01

Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) has warned the rising concentration of PM2.5 pollutants is caused by poor air circulation in many areas of the capital while advising Bangkok residents to work from home to avoid the worst of the air pollution.

Six dead in floods in southern Thailand

December 29, 2023 | 17:08

Floods in southern Thailand have killed at least six people and affected tens of thousands of households, authorities said on December 27.

Bangkok crowned world’s most visited city

December 29, 2023 | 16:56

Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya are among the top 20 most visited cities in the world this year, according to a report by the payment-processing corporation Mastercard.

Two foreigners confirmed dead in Bangkok’s shooting

October 04, 2023 | 14:17

The shooting at Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand left two women dead, one Chinese and the other Myanmar, confirmed Commissioner – General of the Royal Thai Police Pol General Torsak Sukvimol.

Thai airport upgrades demonstrate Vietnam’s future

July 19, 2023 | 10:38

Major advancements have been made at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Seubpong Kumhong, deputy chairman at Thailand Public Co., Ltd. (AOT), provided VIR’s Celine Luu insights into the forward-looking capabilities of Satellite Terminal 1, its integrated technology systems, and the challenges encountered during its construction.

Bangkok pilots automatic traffic-management system

June 30, 2023 | 10:52

With support of the Japan Agency for International Cooperation (JICA), Thailand’s Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched an automatic traffic-management system on four city roads in a pilot project aimed at boosting vehicle flow along the routes.

Vietravel Airlines officially adds Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok flight

February 09, 2023 | 15:58

Following the success of Hanoi-Bangkok international route at the end of 2022, on February 9, flight number VU131 of Vietravel Airlines took off at 12:15 from Tan Son Nhat International Airport and landed at 13:45 at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.