The upgrade of Vietnam - Thailand ties to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is a historic milestone heralding a new chapter of the two countries’ relations and meeting their development demand in the new period, said Party General Secretary To Lam.
Speaking to reporters at Government House after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Paetongtarn insisted she had no plans to adjust her ministerial line-up or oust the Bhumjaithai Party - the second-largest partner - from her coalition government, The Nation of Thailand reported.
Pheu Thai Party, which leads a ruling coalition in Thailand, won presidential seats in 18 provincial administrative organisations (PAO) in the provincial elections that took place in 47 out of 77 Thai provinces on February 2.
Four million Thai senior citizens will each receive 10,000 THB (289.5 USD) in cash from the government ahead of Lunar New Year holiday which will fall in early February next year.
The Thai cabinet on September 17 formally approved the distribution of 145 billion THB (4.3 billion USD) starting September 25, with the beneficiaries including 12.4 million state welfare cardholders and 2.15 million people with disabilities, the local English-language daily newspaper Bangkok Post reported.
The Thai House of Representatives on August 16 elected the Pheu Thai party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the 31st Prime Minister with 319 votes for, 145 votes against and 27 abstentions.
Thailand’s Pheu Thai party on August 15 nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a daughter of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and currently the party's leader, as its candidate for prime minister.
The new Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, led the 33 members of his Cabinet to take their oaths of office in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn on September 5.
The Thai parliament on August 22 afternoon elected Srettha Thavisin, the prime ministerial candidate of the Pheu Thai Party, to be the 30th Prime Minister of Thailand.
With the vote for House Speaker and deputies completed, the parliament of Thailand is heading to the next crucial meeting to vote for Prime Minister. Eight parties holding the majority seats in the lower house said they were united in their decision to vote for Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat.
Leaders of Thailand's Pheu Thai Party said it agreed to the proposal to form a coalition with the Move Forward party (MFP) and confirmed there are no plans to form a government with any other political party.
A poll by Thailand’s National Institute of Development Administration (Nida), conducted from March 15-21, showed that the majority of eligible voters in Bangkok sees Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), as best suited for the post of prime minister in the upcoming general election.
The Constitutional Court of Thailand on November 20 disqualified leader of the opposition Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as a member of parliament for illegally owning shares in a media company while running for election last March.
Thailand’s Democrat Party on June 4 night voted to join the Palang Pracharath alliance, sealing the deal for the party to form a government with a slim majority of 254 votes.
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) on May 7 announced the list of 349 candidates who won seats in the House of Representatives in the March 24 election.
The Election Commission (EC) of Thailand said that outcomes of the April 21 election re-run will not change the results of the general election, which took place on March 24.
The Pheu Thai Party, which backs former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, held a press conference in Bangkok on March 27 to announce the formation of a political alliance with six pro-democracy parties.
With 94 percent of the votes counted, Pheu Thai Party of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the most MP seats at 135 while the Palang Pracharath of current Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha came second with 98 seats, the Bangkok Post and the Nation reported on March 24.
