Tag: Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
Nong Nooch announces birth of elephant calf
Bird, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden’s top breeding elephant, added to his impressive total of offspring with the July 16 birth of his 41st calf....
Nong Nooch celebrates U.K. flower show gold with party
Thailand’s culture minister joined top area politicians to help Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrate its gold-medal victory at Britain’s Chelsea Flower Show. ...
Central Festival leads effort to renovate Wat Hadmai Krathingthong
Central Festival Pattaya Beach, the Provincial Waterworks Authority, area hotels and others joined forces to renovate toilets and beautify landscapes at Jomtien’s Hadmai Krathingthong...
Nong Nooch celebrates elephant day with call to end ivory trade
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrated Thai Elephant Day with a call to stop the ivory trade. Sattahip Mayor Phawat Lertmukda, Tourism Authority of Thailand...
Pattaya starts laying roots for 2014 World Plant Expo
Pattaya this month will start laying roots on an acre of Chinese hillside to prepare for next year’s World Plant Expo. Bandit Siritanyong,...
Naklua parents hold engagement ceremony for their 4-year-old twins
Call them old fashioned or just superstitious, but a Naklua couple had their 4-year-old fraternal twins engaged to be married to ward off...
99 couples wed on Valentine’s Day at Nong Nooch
Valentine’s Day brought 99 couples to Nong Nooch Tropical Garden to get married while riding elephants. Sattahip Mayor Phawat Lertmukda and district Permanent Secretary...
Carabao debuts ‘Sufficient Pattaya’ music video
Country music legend Yuenyong “Aed Carabao” Opakul debuted the music video shot during HM the King’s birthday celebration last year, an anthem calling...
Nong Nooch announces birth of new elephant calf
Bird, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden’s top breeding elephant added to his impressive total of offspring with the Jan. 29 birth of his 40th...
Pattaya plans for visit of 10,000 Chinese tourists
Pattaya officials are preparing for a visit from a Chinese tour company that could bring as many as 10,000 mainland visitors to the...
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