Tag: Thai Health Promotion Foundation
Thai Health Promotion Foundation organizes seminar on drunk driving
BANGKOK - The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has organized campaigns to discourage drunk driving, as well as a seminar on the consequences of driving...
Thai Health Promotion Foundation invites volunteers to share their stories to...
BANGKOK – The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has invited volunteers to send in their stories to a new website collecting accounts of good deeds...
Green Leaf Foundation aims for smoke-free hotels
The Green Leaf Foundation and Thai Health Promotion Foundation are helping hotel employees kick the habit and earn awards for their employers. The two...
Public-private partnership to bring disabled access to Jomtien Beach
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation and Thai PBS’ Universal Design program are co-sponsoring a prototype project that will bring handicapped access, parking and restrooms...
One in three Thai youth ready to go ‘under the knife’:...
BANGKOK, July 9 -- About one in every three Thai teenagers and university students say that they intend to use diet pills and to...
Buddhists invited to join Buddha Jayanti at Sanam Luang
BANGKOK, 4 June 2012 – Buddhists across Thailand are traveling to Sanam Luang to participate in merit-making and praying sessions on the auspicious...
Budhhayantee Nalanda brought from India for Thais to pay respect
BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 -The Thai Health Promotion Foundation and the Sathira-Dhammasathan Center have brought the statue of Budhhayantee Nalanda from India to...
Smokers urged to quit smoking on World No Tobacco Day
BANGKOK, 24 May 2012 – The Thai Health Promotion Foundation is inviting smokers to quit smoking on the occasion of the World No...
BMA campaigns against alcohol sales on Buddhist holy days
BANGKOK, 11 May 2011 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched a campaign against sales of alcoholic beverages on Buddhist holy days...
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Everyone passes the buck on paying for emergency medical treatment in Thailand
The unfortunate British tourist Pamela Gatehouse is facing medical and repatriation costs of around 80,000 pounds (3 million baht) and much more if a...
The dilemmas of Thai visa agencies assisting foreigners with their immigration problems
It’s not only Thailand. Visa agents have held a prominent place throughout south east Asia for at least 30 years. Even today it is...
No sign of Thailand’s Schengen visa
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Thailand has long been the key promoter of the “six countries one destination plan” which would allow international tourists entry to all after...
Two Thai women harassed by Indian men, fistfight breaks out on Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – A chaotic scene unfolded on Pattaya Beach when two Thai women were harassed by two Indian men, leading to a physical...
Free visa policy boosts Pattaya tourism, but experts warn of potential risks
PATTAYA, Thailand – The free visa policy for tourists visiting Pattaya and other parts of Thailand has been a topic of considerable discussion. According...