People wait for their turns to get COVID-19 jabs in Narathiwat, Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Thai Government will allow private and local administrative organisations to buy COVID-19 vaccines, but only through government channels.
Gen. Natthapon Nakpanich, Secretary-General of the Thai National Security Council and Operations Director of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), on June 9 said that private organisations and local administrative organisations could purchase vaccines from the Department of Disease Control, the National Vaccine Institute, the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, the Thai Red Cross Society, the Chulabhorn Royal Academy and other government agencies to be announced later.
The procurement could not be done directly because vaccine supplies are still limited and each producer will only make one supply contract in each country, he said.
Vaccine procurement will also need approval from each provincial communicable disease committee, chaired by provincial governors, and then from the CCSA.
Thailand logged 2,680 new infections and 35 deaths on June 9, raising the national tallies to 185,288 and 1,332, respectively.
More than 156,360 cases were detected during the third COVID-19 wave starting from April.
On the same day, Indonesian President Joko Widodo voiced his hope that 1 million doses of vaccines will be administered per day in July under the national inoculation drive.
Jakarta authorities opened up the drive for those aged over 18, in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the capital.
At least 11.43 million people in Indonesia have been fully vaccinated so far.
The country is set to inoculate 181.5 million people by the end of this year./.
The Lao government has banned privately-owned entities from purchasing COVID-19 vaccines with the intent to sell them but allowing them to buy vaccines for their own use.
Thai government is working with vaccine providers to buy 25 million doses of Pfizer and J&J vaccines to reach 100 million vaccine doses by the end of 2021, according to an official.
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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and EAEU Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev jointly declared the conclusion of FTA talks on the sidelines of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), according to the statement.
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Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to move forward professionally, without regard for any political changes in Thailand, believing that Thailand has clear principles, guidelines and procedures in place.
The tax adjustment supports the Malaysian Government’s strategy to reduce reliance on foreign food supply chains and to assist domestic farmers, a finance official has said.
The proposed venue is located in the Chatuchak area of Bangkok, featuring eight public sites, including Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal and several nearby parks.
Connectivity is expected to improve further with the completion of the fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge by the end of 2025, facilitating logistics and agricultural exports to Vietnam, Thailand, and China.
Two naval gunboats intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine hydrochloride off the coast of the main island of Luzon just before dawn, in a joint operation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
Thai Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Vuttikrai Leewiraphan Thailand's formal proposal will be substantial enough for the US to consider further detailed negotiations. He hoped for a tariff rate not exceeding 10% and suggested that the US might extend the negotiation period if an agreement is not reached by the July 8 deadline.
Organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Thai Silk & Culture Promotions, the event honors Her Majesty the Queen on her 47th birthday anniversary and promotes Thai craftsmanship on an international stage.
Prensa Latina's recent article on Vietnam’s assurance of smooth and effective transition to a leaner structure highlighted Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s latest directions on implementing 28 resolutions regarding the decentralisation and delegation of authority.
The lab focuses on four key thematic areas: energy transition and green innovation, sustainable agriculture, circular economy and sustainable cities, and nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
The key content of the document titled "Accelerating Innovative Strategies: Addressing the OOSCY Challenges" will be refined further in a seminar preceding the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur this October.
This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.
People wait for their turns to get COVID-19 jabs in Narathiwat, Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
