"Koh Samet"

Public Health Ministry Officials descended on Koh Samet in Rayong province on Sunday to inspect the implementation of Covid Free Setting measures to make the resort island safe for both tourists and locals.

In the latest of a spate of boat incidents, another speedboat has capsized off Koh Samet in Rayong province.

A 58-year-old Chinese tourist, who was battered by waves in the sea off Koh Samet’s Haad Sai Kaew Beach in Rayong province on Saturday afternoon, died while being transported to a Muang district hospital.

“Upcycling the Oceans” project puts a clean face on Koh Samet and the ocean environment

The carcass of a female dugong that weighed 200 kilograms has been sent for autopsy to determine the cause of its death, Eastern Gulf Fisheries Research and Development Centre (Rayong) veterinarian Weerapong Laowetprasit said on Wednesday. 

A TOTAL OF 28 revellers were injured, one critically, shortly after a speedboat left a pier on Samet Island and slammed into a tugboat anchored off the coast of Rayong on Saturday night, police said yesterday.

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FISHERMEN have planted in the sea an artificial reef with 97 tonnes of coconut leaves, braided ropes and concrete pillars off the eastern province of Rayong early this month in a bid to raise the fish population, which has slumped following a massive oil