Day: February 2, 2024

Laotian drug dealer Kampra Recite mantras with eyes closed while being arrested by officials But in the end, Phra Rod survived and people did not survive. Special Operations Officer of the Maha Sarakham Provincial Administrative Department And police detectives from Kamphi Police Station arrested Thao Negan (Lao nationality), 29 years old, living at Ban Na Chang Kham, Mueang Khun Kham, Khammuan District, who was an important methamphetamine dealer who had taken refuge with his Thai wife in Borabue District. After luring in the purchase of 62 methamphetamine pills with 2,000 baht in cash, a search of the house found an additional 2,945 methamphetamine pills. In addition, officers also seized property from the methamphetamine trade. Motorcycle, car and 2 telephones During the search of the house, it was found that Thao Negan had picked up Phra Kring Pawaret. Come up and hold it in your hand. Then he vibrated the bell all the time, making a loud noise and a murmuring sound, similar to someone reciting a mantr a. To prevent the officials from finding methamphetamine. But in the end, officials found methamphetamine. The official then said Holy things are real. If you yourself make a mistake, it is impossible to come to rely on monks for help. If you hold on to it, officials may find even more methamphetamine. Thao Negan then called his father-in-law to take the Buddha amulet and keep it. Thao Negan testified that he bought 2,000 methamphetamine pills from a Laotian friend on Facebook. They sell them for 30-50 baht per tablet. There is a group of customers who are teenagers in the area. Upon inspection, it was found that Thao Negan's passport had expired, so officials coordinated with the Maha Sarakham Immigration Police to file additional charges for fleeing the country. and brought Thao Negan Complete with all the middle items Send investigators to Kamphi Police Station to proceed with the case Source: Thai News Agency

HCM City: State President Vo Van Thuong extended warm Tet greetings to disadvantaged people and workers with difficulties while attending the 'Tet sum vay - Xuan tri an' (Tet reunion - Spring gratitude) programme in Ho Chi Minh City's Thu Duc city on February 2 (the Kitchen God Day- 23rd day of the 12th lunar month). The State leader said HCM City, an economic, cultural, educational and sci-tech hub of the country, has initiated an array of social welfare programmes to take care of disadvantaged people in the city and those residing in the nearby as well as remote and mountainous localities. Despite formidable challenges, the city has made concerted efforts to retain economic growth, helping ensure social welfare for impoverished people and those with difficult circumstances, he stressed. He described the 'Tet sum vay - Xuan tri an' annually held by trade unions at all levels as a practical programme to bring a warm Tet festival for all, asking the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam General Confederatio n of Labour and competent agencies continue to expand the programme in order to assure that Tet is always full of joy for everyone, especially poor workers and students, and people in difficulties. On the occasion, President Thuong presented hundreds of gifts to workers, families of policy beneficiaries and poor people in the city./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bangkok: The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) joins hands with Dhipaya Insurance PCL. Moving forward to drive the Wellness industry Supports health tourism To revive and enhance the grassroots economy Responds to the national strategic goal of transforming Thailand into a high-income country. By integrating cooperation and studying ways to develop products and services to create an ecosystem of the Wellness industry in Thailand. Mr. Charan Kamngen, Deputy Governor of Electricity Generating Authority of EGAT, said EGAT has a strategic plan that supports driving the country's economic development. Realizing that the Wellness industry It is a Mega Trend industry group that can create significant value and growth for the national economy. Currently, the Thai Wellness Industry It has a market value of 1 trillion baht, especially in tourism and health services, food and herbs, which are industrial groups that create the highest value to the country of 890,000 million baht, according to a study b y the Global Wellness Institute in 2022, making EGAT Ph. saw an opportunity to create value for the country. Raise the capacity of each province in the target areas. Under the Wellness Economic Corridor Drive Project of EGAT, aiming to develop projects in each area in line with provincial strategies. and integrate connections between dam areas and EGAT power plants, a total of 8 areas, in line with the Wellness Thailand strategic plan and the national strategy. Ms. Suphap Pradabkarn, Executive Vice President of Dhipaya Insurance Public Company Limited, said that the Wellness Economic Corridor Project promotes driving missions to respond to government policies. By studying the ecosystem of Thailand's wellness industry by developing insurance products and services to help meet the needs of customers and the project ecosystem as efficiently as possible. as well as promoting new high-value activities to support the Wellness industry To make Thailand a center for health and well-being Including promoting health t ourism that will make Thailand a Wellness Destination of Asia.-111-Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency

Hanoi: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival celebrated by people in both countries. In their well-wishing letters, the leaders expressed delight at the positive development trend and significant progress in the relations between the two Parties and the two countries across all fields following the Vietnamese Party chief's historic visit to China in October 2022 immediately after the 20th National Congress of the CPC. They particularly valued the significance and diverse outcomes of the State-level visit to Vietnam by the Chinese Party and State leader in December 2023, which included the issuance of a joint statement on continuing deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-C hina community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and the signing of 36 cooperation agreements, demonstrating both sides' determination and laying a strategic orientation for the long-term development of the bilateral ties in the new period. Looking towards 2024, Party General Secretary Trong expressed his wish that all sectors, administrations at all levels, and localities of both countries will grasp and effectively implement the high-level agreements and common perceptions already reached, promoting the healthy, stable, and extensive development of the Vietnam-China relationship in a substantive and efficient manner, for the development and interests of the two peoples and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world. Xi Jinping, meanwhile, noted his hope that both sides will take the bilateral relations to new heights and promote high-quality exchanges and cooperation across channels, levels, and fields, thus providing further impetus for the modernisation causes of the nations and making greater contributions to the cause of peace and progress of humanity. The two leaders wished the Parties, States, and peoples of both countries peace, health and happiness in the year ahead, with Vietnam and China obtaining greater prosperity and development./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bangkok: Deputy spokesman for the police reveals that they are ready to deal with the Chinese tourists flooding into Thailand during the Chinese New Year. Estimated close to a million people Ordered to increase the round of inspections using technology to help coordinate with the Interpol to keep an eye on hidden Chinese people - please don't worry about the biimetric system being down because there is an offline system to support it. Pol. Maj. Gen. Siriwat Depor, deputy police spokesperson, revealed that this was in accordance with the policy of Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Make tourism an important principle to stimulate the economy. An important policy of the government has been cooperation with the Chinese government. There is free Thai-Chinese visa. Starting from 1 March 2024 onwards, Thais and Chinese people can enter each other's countries without a visa, which will significantly stimulate tourism. They can stay in the other country for no more than 30 days. Chinese tou rist statistics in 2023 were 3,729,573 and in January 2024 there were 545,158, most of whom were visa exempt groups. which increased by 440% compared to January 2023, after the visa exemption policy from 25 September 2023 onwards, there was a continuous increase in statistics of tourists traveling to Thailand. especially the month Dec. increased 34% and Jan. 2024 increased 23% from the previous month. It is evident that Chinese tourists are continuing to increase. Especially at the beginning of this coming February there is the Chinese New Year festival. which is a long holiday period for Chinese people As a result, there will be a large number of Chinese tourists traveling to Thailand, almost doubling from January. The Royal Thai Police Office, led by Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon, Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Has ordered relevant agencies in the Royal Thai Police, such as the Immigration Bureau tourist police Provincial police in various regions and the Metropolitan Police Prepare to facilitate and ma intain the safety of life and property of Chinese tourists who will travel to Thailand during this time so that they can travel to Thailand with confidence. and would like to come back and visit again. This will enable the Thai tourism economy to grow sustainably. The Deputy Spokesman of the Royal Thai Police also said that the measures that will be increased are adjustments to the inspection cycle. and cooperate with volunteers to help the police, including using technology to help maintain safety, such as patrol cameras and use drones for aerial inspections Ready to coordinate with international police or Interpol to watch out for Chinese agents who might infiltrate. Because bad people or people with arrest warrants will already be blacklisted or blacklisted, they will not be allowed to enter Thailand. Ready to cooperate with the Department of Land Transport Be careful and strict about public taxis and do not take advantage of tourists. Including asking for cooperation from entrepreneurs and related agenci es to help create income and stimulate the economy as a whole. For tourist destinations that are popular with Chinese tourists are Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket or famous tourist attractions. In terms of measures, the tourist police and local police already have some level of measures in place. Only when there are more tourists, the inspection cycle is adjusted more. or add checkpoints As for the problem of the biometric system that has a problem with the system crashing I admit that there are some problems with technology, but don't worry because if there are problems online, there is a backup or offline system. Also known as Blacklist offline In manual inspection or offline system for inspection, but it may take more time Source: Thai News Agency

Moscow: An online conference on Vietnam-Russia tourism cooperation has been recently held by the Vietnam Trade Office Branch in the Far East region, with the aim of attracting more tourists from the Far East and Siberia regions to the Southeast Asian nation. Nguyen Hong Thanh, Vietnamese Economic and Commercial Consul, the head of the branch, said that the event attracted the participation of more than 30 delegates from Russia's Moscow, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok cities, and Vietnam's Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan provinces. It aimed to create an opportunity for the two sides to introduce, promote and find cooperative solutions to increase the two-way exchange of tourists, thereby helping to enhance cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and Russia. Vietnam welcomed more than 646,500 Russian tourist arrivals in 2019. But the figure reduced to less than 70,000 last year, although it has opened its full door to international visitors since March 2023, and offered 45-day visa exemption for Russian citizens since August 15, 2023. The main reason was said to be due to the lack of direct flights connecting Russian cities to Vietnamese localities. Evgenia Mikhailova, Director of the Irkutsk Tourism Department, expressed her hope that travelling between the two countries will be more convenient in 2024 to help increase the number of Russian visitors to Vietnam./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

Bangkok: Two husband and wife arrested for tricking them into opening a Thip distribution center. and accepting consignments of goods for a monthly fee Lost both money and merchandise. More than 40 victims The Metropolitan Police arrested Mr. Natthakrit and Ms. Panida, two husband-and-wife couples who opened a page called "TMA ONLINE MARKETING" and a page named "Kwanjira Worawetsutthikul" who posted that they produced products and It is a distribution center for cosmetic products with more than 1,000 affiliated stores nationwide. and has branches in neighboring countries as well The company must be properly registered and employ employees to build trustworthiness. Invest in hiring people to shoot ads on online media. When an injured person contacts them, they will pay a monthly fee of tens of thousands to place the products for sale and have the products sent for distribution. In some cases, if they do not have products, they will hire them to produce and create a brand for them when the injured party pays f or the placement of the products. or transfer production wages In the end, they lose both money and merchandise. If any victim posts a complaint on the page, they will threaten legal action for defamation and the Computer Crimes Act. A company lawyer is also hired to help with the case. If the injured person sues There were a lot of victims, a lot of damage and there were still 3 arrest warrants for their arrest. At the time of the arrest, Mr. Natthakrit and Ms. Panida had denied the evidence. They did not deceive the victims by claiming that their own company acted legally but there were problems during COVID and some victims misunderstood and sued them but the officials did not believe them at all. -414-Thai news agency Source: Thai News Agency

Vientiane: The Consulate General of Vietnam in Pakse, Laos's Champasak province, a 'Xuan Que Huong' (Homeland Spring) programme on February 1 to bring the Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country. Consul General Nguyen Van Trung briefed the participants on the country's achievements in 2023 and spoke highly of the sound leadership of the Party and the State which has helped the country enhance its foreign relations and position in the international area. The diplomat stressed that the Party and the State have always considered the OVs as an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation. He thanked the government, people of Lao provinces and the Vietnamese community for their contributions to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, an invaluable asset of the two peoples. For his part, Vilayvong Boutdakham, Secretary and Governor of Champasak province, extended New Year greetings to leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam. He wishe d the Vietnamese community and Vietnamese businesses cooperating and investing in southern Laos provinces to achieve many successes./. Source: Vietnam News Agency