Chiang Rai International Airport (IATA: CEI, ICAO: VTCT) is located in the city of Chiang Rai in the northern Thailand. The airport is located about 10km from the city centre. Since 1998 it is managed by the Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT). The Chiang Rai International Airport Access to the airport is available […]
The Golden Triangle or Sop Ruak is in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, at the intersection of the three countries: Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Situated in Ban Sop Ruak, near the confluence of the Mekong and the Ruak rivers, there is a huge Golden Buddha statue sitting on a ship. This giant golden Buddha stands […]
Wat Rong Khun, also known as The White Temple (วัดร่องขุ่น จังหวัดเชียงราย) is a Buddhist and Hindu temple located in the northern province of Chiang Rai in Thailand. This peculiar and modern temple was designed and built by the artist Chaloemchai Khositphiphat. The construction began in 1997 and was finished in 2008. The White Temple is […]
Nok Air has suspended all flights today (Sunday) between Bangkok and Chiang Rai province after one of its planes skidded off the runway at Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai international airport on Saturday night. After the incident, the airport has closed the runway from 6am until 10pm today. The airline said, in a statement issued late […]
People in upper northern provinces felt tremors from about 70 earthquakes centred in Myanmar overnight, which included three shocks over magnitude 5. The Earthquake Observation Division of the Meteorological Department said people in the North sensed earthquake starting at 11.40pm with a 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale that was centred four kilometres underground in […]
Three people have been killed and three others injured by a gunman in the Mae Suai district of the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai this afternoon (Thursday). The gunman, whose identity is not known at the time of this report, was arrested and is currently being questioned by police. Police say that some pets […]
Eight suspected drug smugglers were killed and about one million speed pills seized following an exchange of gunfire along the Thailand-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai late Friday night. Soldiers from the Pha Muang Task Force were sent to patrol the border area in Mae Fa Luang district following a tip-off that a gang would attempt […]
While the flood situation in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai eases today, in neighbouring Chiang Rai province it is worsening, with levels in several waterways steadily rising today (Sunday), due to heavy rainfall since last evening. In Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai, the Chan River has broken its banks and flooded markets and […]
