Chiang Rai will have the highest flag pole in the world standing 189 metres tall or equivalent to 63-storeyed building to promote Thainess and Thai identity. The highest flag pole project was announced at a press conference today by Chiang Rai governor Boonsong Techamaneesathit, Maj-Gen Pisarn Narkpachon, commander of the 37th military circle and Mr […]
CHIANG RAI, 30 December 2015 (NNT) – The northernmost province of Chiang Rai has kicked off the tea festival held on Doi Mae Salong mountain. The festival, now in its 20th year, is held annually to promote winter tourism and the local tea industry, using the province’s the multi-ethnic society as its unique selling point. […]
CHIANG RAI, 17 November 2014 (NNT) – A street cleaner has returned a bag belonging to a British national, and was praised for not accepting any reward to the righteous act. A street cleaner in Chiang Rai Province, Usa Taowkaew returned a lost bag containing 66,000 baht worth of belongings to its owner, an English […]
CHIANG RAI, 18 August 2015 (NNT)-Soldiers and police officers have set up checkpoints in various areas in Chiang rai province following the bomb attack at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok last night. More than 200 security personnel, including those from Meng Rai Maharaj army base and Chiang rai provincial police, have been deployed to safeguard important […]
CHIANG RAI — Two Chinese tourists were seriously injured after their van crashed into the back of pick-up truck in the northern city of Chiang Rai this morning. Police say the accident took place on road running between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai at around 9am. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
CHIANG RAI, 24 June 2015 (NNT) – Health agencies in the northern province of Chiang Rai have co-organized the first-ever disaster rescue rally of Southeast Asia. The gathering ‘International Disaster Medical Rally’ which kicked off at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University was joined by disaster rescue teams from 10 ASEAN countries, including Thailand. Read more: NNT […]
A Thai man and a Myanmar teenager have been arrested and almost 4kg of crystal methamphetamine seized in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district, police said on Tuesday. Noi Somboon, 19, a Myanmar national, and Preecha Sripan, 32, a native of tambon Wiang in Chiang Saen, were taken to a police press conference in Chiang Rai […]
A 35-year-old Lao woman has been arrested for bringing US$400,000 (13.3 million baht) into the country without declaring it, officials said on Friday. A team of navy officers and local officials, headed by Jaturong Khachornfung, chief of the Chiang Khong branch of the Marine Office, spotted the woman at the Buk pier in Chiang Khong […]
