New technology to collect tax on beer will boost government revenue by Bt6 billion per year, says the Excise Department. The technology will be trialled next year to tax alcohol, before being rolled out to cigarettes, oil and other products.

Lampang has extended closure of venues that pose risk of Covid-19 infection and also maintained the ban on sale of alcoholic beverages, provincial governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said on Wednesday (April 29).