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2021 WINTER SOUTHEAST ASIA Thailand & Vietnam Country Book 2021 WINTER SOUTHEAST ASIA Thailand & Vietnam Country Book International Business Seminars [email protected] Table of Contents: Welcome to Thailand .................................................................................................................................... 2 Overview & Country Facts: ....................................................................................................................... 3 Political & Economic Developments: ........................................................................................................ 4 Security Issues: ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Country Tips: ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Customs & Immigration: ............................................................................................................................ 7 Currency: ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Communications: ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Cultural Information: .................................................................................................................................. 8 Cultural Tips: ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Health & Hospitals: .................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction to Bangkok .............................................................................................................................. 10 City Overview: ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Transportation: ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Food & Beverage: ................................................................................................................................... 13 City Attractions & Sightseeing: ................................................................................................................ 14 Welcome to Vietnam ................................................................................................................................... 15 Overview & Country Facts: ..................................................................................................................... 16 Political & Economic Developments: ...................................................................................................... 17 Security Issues: ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Customs & Immigration: .......................................................................................................................... 20 Currency: ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Communications: .................................................................................................................................... 21 Cultural Information: ................................................................................................................................ 21 Cultural Tips: ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Health & Hospitals: .................................................................................................................................. 23 Introduction to Ho Chi Minh City ................................................................................................................. 23 City Overview: ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Transportation: ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Food & Beverage: ................................................................................................................................... 25 City Attractions & Sightseeing: ................................................................................................................ 26 Map of Southeast Asia ................................................................................................................................ 27 1 Welcome to Thailand! 2 Overview & Country Facts: Thailand is a unified kingdom in Southeast Asia that has Country Facts: become the region’s leading tourist destination and an Official Kingdom of Thailand important center of commercial and industrial Country Name Type of development. Officially governed by a constitutional Constitutional Monarchy Government monarch under a framework of parliamentary democracy, Prime Minister Prayuth Leadership in practice, the Thai government has struggled to maintain Chanocha an effective democratic system. Capital Bangkok Official Thai On 21 August 2014, following a military coup Language approximately three months earlier, Gen. Payuth Population 68.9 million Chanocha became the prime minister of Thailand after he Ethnic Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, received an almost unanimous vote by the military- Divisions Other 11% Buddhist (93.6%), Islam appointed legislature. On 1 April 2015, junta leaders lifted Religion (4.9%), Christian (1.2%), martial law, but replaced it with rules that make other (0.2%) permanent many of martial law's security provisions. Growth 3.9% Prayuth was the head of the armed forces at the time of Inflation 0.11% the coup, and his new position allows him to oversee political and economic reforms aimed at permanently Unemployment 0.9% isolating Yingluck and Thaksin Shinawatra, who were Currency Baht Office Work leaders of the Pheu Thai Party (PTP) and had won the Monday – Friday last two openly competitive nationwide elections in Week Time Zone UTC +7 Thailand. On 7 August 2016, voters in Thailand approved Offset Country Phone a constitution that many see as limiting the role of 66 democracy in the country. Code Capital City 2 Phone Code The 2019 general election was held on 24 March 2019, Nationwide 1699 (tourist police), 191 Emergency being the first election since the 2014 coup d'état. Though (police), 123 (medical) results were delayed and contested, the leader of the pro- Number(s) military junta General Prayuth Chan-ocha was eventually Electricity 220 volts, 50 cycles AC Flat Blade Attachment Plug, reappointed as prime minister on 5 June 2019. Plug Styles Round Pin Attachment Plug Aside from the tense political conditions, crime and terrorism also represent security concerns in Thailand. Petty theft is the most common type of crime likely to affect travelers. Low-level bombings occur on occasion in Bangkok, and with greater frequency in Thailand’s southernmost provinces where militant Islamist groups are active. Thailand is also involved in an ongoing border dispute with neighboring Cambodia that has led to minor military clashes in eastern Sisaket province. Despite Thailand’s uneasy political structure and the threats posed by crime and bombings, the country remains an important global travel destination and short-term travelers are normally unaffected by these issues. Current Analysis: A military coup on 22 May 2014 ended months of political conflict in Thailand. Deep political and social rifts remain and pose risks for the country’s long-term stability. Succession concerns also contribute to political uncertainty in Thailand. Political & Economic Developments: 3 Political Issues On 21 August 2014, Gen. Prayuth Chanocha was elected as prime minister of Thailand by a military-appointed legislature. Just three months before, the Royal Thai Army, under the direction of Prayuth, staged a coup d’état that led to the suspension of the constitution and the arrests of dozens of political leaders. The overthrow of the government followed a nearly year- long political conflict that exposed a basic division in Thai society between the rural and lower- economic classes, represented by the Pheu Thai Party (PTP), and traditional urban elites, who largely support the Democrat Party. The acrimony that exists between these two factions has been the primary driver of political conflict in Thailand for more than a decade. On 7 August 2016, Thais voted in favor of a new junta-backed constitution. Most observers agree that the constitution reduces the influence of democratically elected institutions while bolstering the power of appointed bodies, such as the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the Elections Commission. Because of these features, otherwise oppositional political actors, including the leader of the Democrat Party, Abhisit Vejjajva, and former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, united in disapproving of the charter. However, those efforts proved unsuccessful, and approximately 60 percent of poll participants voted in favor
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