China PR, COVID-19 Innovations, Outside LMR, Technology, Tourism, Tours

China’s Tourist Sites Draw Virtual Crowds, Real Cash

May 15, 2020

On March 1, the Potala Palace in Lhasa welcomed a record-breaking 1 million-plus tourists. But all of these “visitors” to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tibet arrived via their…

Academia, COVID-19 Innovations, Health, Thailand

Chula Research Team Produces Spray for Fabric Masks to Help Prevent COVID-19 and PM 2.5 Dust

May 15, 2020

A Chula Research Team has invented a spray, Shield+ Protecting Spray, to make fabric masks waterproof and more effective in protecting against viruses and germs. The spray is an alternative…

Academia, COVID-19 Innovations, Health, Technology, Thailand

Chula Responds to COVID-19 Crisis with Digital Innovations

May 15, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the norm, Chulalongkorn University is dedicated to look for solutions and develop research and innovations. In collaboration with the university departments and external…

COVID-19 Innovations, Food & Beverages, Technology, Thailand

Locall.bkk – Helping restaurants in the community survive

May 15, 2020

Lives of many restaurant owners have changed in the blink of an eye during COVID-19, as many people now choose to stay home and order food in. Despite the popularity…

China PR, COVID-19 Innovations, Government, Technology

Coronavirus AI helmet in China

May 15, 2020

China has been gradually recovering from the high mortality rates of COVID-19, with lockdowns and travel bans being lifted across its cities. To continue monitoring the virus, epidemic prevention and…

Cambodia, COVID-19 Innovations, Laos, Myanmar, Non-profit, Thailand, Wildlife

Feeding Asia’s elephants in a Covid-19 era

May 15, 2020

Elephants are the biggest victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, literally. There is a danger that many elephants may starve to death with no tourists visiting camps and sanctuaries across South…

Company, COVID-19 Innovations, Food & Beverages, Thailand

Social distancing pandas fill empty seats at Bangkok restaurant

May 15, 2020

Now one Vietnamese restaurant in Bangkok has found a more fun way to make sure people are sitting apart but still marking the seat spacing. Big, stuffed panda bear toys…

Company, COVID-19 Innovations, Food & Beverages, Thailand

VIVIN Grocery Food Truck in Thailand Brings Organic & Artisanal Groceries to Neighbourhoods During the Covid-19 Crisis

May 15, 2020

During the current Covid-19 pandemic, Nicolas Vivin the entrepreneurial founder of VIVIN Grocery / VIVIN Food along with his business partner wife, were faced with losing the greater part of their business…

COVID-19 Innovations, Film, Government, Thailand, Tourism

TAT extends TLC to the world through new TVC “Best Wishes (Pla-Ta-Pian)”

May 15, 2020

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a new TVC “Best Wishes (Pla-Ta-Pian)” sending tender, loving and care (TLC) to cheer up the world that we shall all overcome…

COVID-19 Innovations, Government, Retail, Technology, Thailand

New anti-COVID phone app for use when entering shops

May 14, 2020

The Thai government will launch a new mobile phone app to facilitate disease-control tracking of customers as shops reopen with the easing of the coronavirus lockdown.