A budding entrepreneur has imported the technology to produce roses that change colour to the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. BS Innovation proprietor Siripong Pattanakitikul brought the know-how of how to grow the mutating flowers from South Korea.
Municipal authorities in the Lao capital of Vientiane have formulated a scheme to conserve a historic quarter close to the Mekong River bank. Authorities say the project will begin at Ong Tue Temple and expand into the streets bounded by Rue Francois Ngin and Chao Anouvong Road.
Thai AirAsia has released a statement saying it will relaunch early morning Bangkok-Phnom Penh flights next month. Flight FD608 is set to depart at 06:30 from Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport with effect from 15 March 2015.
The Thai Transport Ministry has stated it needs more time to evaluate a demand by Bangkok’s private bus operators to increase fares. The companies have asked for fares across the board to be increased by THB3 per journey.
Local authorities in a remote northeastern town in Laos say they will improve infrastructure in a bid to woo tourists into visiting. A spokesperson for Houaphanh provincial officials says the improvements should entice more visitors to Viengxay.
Thailand’s tourism and immigration bureaus have teamed up to offer a Valentine’s bonus for honeymooners and couples about to tie the knot. Couples arriving at Bangkok’s main airport or Phuket Airport can avoid queues at immigration desks by announcing their presence to staff at the two facilities.
Images of a woman drying her underwear at a Thai airport have triggered widespread disapproval and prompted authorities into asking visitors to be polite. The images of the bra and knickers draped over a seat in the passenger lounge at Chiang Mai Airport first appeared on the internet about 10 days ago.
Walt Disney’s most popular characters are preparing to land in Bangkok and will perform their latest production at the city’s premier events venue. Cinderella, Snow White, Prince Naveen and Maximus are among the characters set to wow audiences at Muang Thong Thani’s Impact Arena.
A convoy of 70 vintage cars left Singapore yesterday morning on a Southeast Asia odyssey that will take them as far as Mandalay in modern-day Myanmar. Veteran and classic cars taking part in the rally include a 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and a 1900s Parigi Italia.
The engine pulling the luxury Eastern & Oriental Express train caught fire near Kanchanaburi yesterday morning. The locomotive caught fire just 500 metres from Kanchanaburi Station and the two drivers together with other rail workers who rushed to help were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
Municipal authorities in Vientiane have announced that another city park is to join the growing list of locations where smoking is banned. Officials in the Lao capital launched the campaign to introduce smokeless zones back in 2009 and Saysettha Park is all set to be the latest addition to them.
Statistics just released show that Cambodia’s air industry is booming and that 5.7 million passengers passed through its three chief airports in 2014. Figures released by Australia’s Centre for Aviation indicate this is a 13 per cent rise when compared with 2013.
The Thai cabinet has voted in favour of a plan to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for a park with pre-historic rock formations. Parliament passed a resolution yesterday saying it would summit Phu Phra Bat Park for UNESCO listing at the organisation’s Paris headquarters next week.
A Thai boutique airline is all set to start flying a new route linking the north and northeast parts of the country next week. Kan Air is scheduled to commence flying to the eastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima from its hub facility at Chiang Mai Airport on 2 February.
The agency in charge of Cambodia’s historical Angkor Wat temple complex says increasing numbers of tourists are visiting. Apsara Authority reported that 2.35 million people visited last year and this represented a five per cent increase when compared to 2013.
The management of Thailand’s national airline have formulated a plan to cut operating costs and reverse its spiralling annual losses. The cost-cutting measures will see Thai Airways’ 25,000-strong staff downsized and loss-making routes axed.
City officials in the Laos capital of Vientiane have signed a contract to restore one of its most beloved landmarks. Lao media sources say Vanpheng Keonakhone, the city’s Culture and Tourism Department director, has signed off on the first stage of the restoration.
AirAsia scrapped the fuel surcharge on all of its flights with effect from yesterday. The budget carrier’s CEO, Tony Fernandes, told media sources late last week that the decision had been made to do away with the fee in response to plummeting global oil prices.
An immigration police raid at on online English school in Chiang Mai last Friday resulted in the arrest of 17 teachers. Colonel Rutjapong Sarnwanangkul led a team of immigration police to the language centre at the northern Thai city’s Riverside Condo.
VietJet Air has announced it will start scheduled flights linking Hanoi and the seaside town of Qui Nhon in April. A spokesperson for the low-cost Vietnamese carrier told media sources that it would commence daily flights on 26 April 2015 with one service in each direction.