"Bangkok"

Bangkok, September 23, 2021 - Thailand is returning to host back-to-back international tournaments – the “PPTV” 2021 Asian “Est Cola” Women’s Club Volleyball Championship and the “PPTV”2021 Asian “Est Cola” Men’s Club Volleyball Championship – at Terminal 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima from October 1-15.

Police cracked down on a drug party held at Galaxy Resort in Bangkok’s Bang Khen area on Friday.

Bangkok opened a new public park this week – part of a pilot project to rejuvenate derelict urban spaces in one of Asia’s least green concrete jungles.

Bussarakham Hospital, a field hospital converted from Challenger Hall at Impact Muang Thong Thani exhibition centre in Nonthaburi province, has closed down after the last patient was sent home on September 20, Dr Kittisak Aksornwong, assistant public health permanent secretary and hospital director, said on Thursday.

A 23-year-old man suffered severe injuries when he fell 6 metres down a hole in the road while riding his motorcycle in Bangkok on Wednesday night.

Police are collecting evidence to take legal action against a motorcycle gang that has allegedly destroyed police booths across the capital.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will next week see which of the city’s 61 community isolation centres should be kept open now that the number of new Covid-19 cases has dropped significantly.

Free Pfizer vaccination of vulnerable students aged 12-18 was overseen by Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang at Vajira Hospital on Tuesday.

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Monday that in order to reopen the city to vaccinated foreign tourists without having to quarantine, three conditions must be met.

The Public Health Ministry will propose the reopening of some more businesses across the country during its September 27 meeting with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Bangkok officials will seek advice from the Phuket “sandbox” on Wednesday, in a bid to clear confusion over when the capital will reopen to foreign tourists.

Public health officials in Chiang Mai are reportedly providing Covid-19 jabs to guesthouse owners before the province opens to visitors on October 1.