Wat Phra That Phanom, one of the most important spiritual sites in Thailand, will be closed for one month starting on Friday so that a plan can be developed and implemented to ensure the vendors who conduct business in and around the temple do not trash it.

THAILAND may propose Wat Phra That Phanom in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom as a Unesco world heritage site, Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat said yesterday.