While Sinterklaas passes Hua Hin disappointed, we gather on November 26 for a snack and a drink at restaurant Chef Cha, well known to you. You are welcome, vaccinated, from 18.00 p.m.
N/A: Coffee morning with ambassador Remco van Wijngaarden
Another coffee morning at the embassy will take place on Tuesday 23 November from 10 am to 12 noon in the ambassador's residence. Entrance to the embassy grounds for this coffee morning is at 106 Thanon Witthayu (Wireless Road).
Agenda: N/A Hua Hin /Cha-am drinks evening on October 29
On Friday, October 29, you are welcome at the drinks evening of the Dutch Association at Chef Cha on the border of Hua Hin and Cha am. From 18.00 p.m., but provided you are vaccinated. This is due to some older and vulnerable members.
Last Monday, about 200 expats managed to get the first AstraZeneca shot in the brand new Vimut hospital in Bangkok. This was an initiative of a number of foreign chambers of commerce, including the NTCC, which was kind enough to involve the NVT as well.
Agenda: Farewell to ambassador Kees Rade
On Tuesday, July 6, the NVT Bangkok will hold a special coffee morning because they say goodbye to our ambassador Kees Rade and his wife Katharina Cornaro.
The Dutch embassy in Bangkok, together with other EU representatives, is exerting pressure on the Thai government to also vaccinate foreigners against Covid-19. That is what ambassador Kees Rade says in response to a question from the NVTHC.
Agenda: Remembrance Day in an adapted form
On Tuesday, May 4, the traditional commemoration of the dead due to the COVID-19 pandemic will take place in an adapted form. That day, the embassy, NVT, NTCC and Thailand Business Foundation will lay wreaths at the flag on the embassy compound. Afterwards, between 15 and 17 p.m., the embassy offers interested parties the opportunity to come by for an individual moment of commemoration, and possibly to lay flowers themselves.
Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg has his birthday on Tuesday 27 April. He will then be 54 years old.
If anything has become clear during the information afternoon of the AsiaOne funeral director in Hua Hin, it is that many Dutch/foreigners have questions about the procedure in the event of a death in Thailand. If the course of events before, during and after the cremation is reasonably clear, few people are well prepared for the legal pitfalls and pitfalls upon death.
Agenda: N/A Sea view and the riddle of Pak Nam
Zeezicht of the Dutch Thailand Association in Bangkok has planned another excursion and writes the following about it in a newsletter.
The Dutch Association Thailand Bangkok is pleased to announce in a newsletter that it is again possible to organize a coffee morning at the Dutch embassy.
Arrange your own cremation and pay it in advance
If a foreigner dies in Thailand, the next of kin have to deal with a multitude of rules. Especially when the end comes unexpectedly, the panic is sometimes incalculable. What to arrange with hospital, police, embassy and so on? And what if the remains or the urn have to go to the Netherlands?
Agenda: Car puzzle ride NVT Pattaya on February 27, 2021
On Saturday, February 27, 2021, the NVT Pattaya will organize the annual car puzzle ride, this year for the first time in collaboration with the NVT Bangkok and NTCC.
Agenda: Excursion N/A Sea view to Yan Nawa in Bangkok
The organizers of Zeezicht, a department of NVT Bangkok, have a nice excursion planned for next Tuesday, February 9th.
Sinterklaas with Zwarte Pieten in Hua Hin
The hearts of 36 children beat with anticipation on Saturday evening. Sinterklaas came to Say Cheese in Hua Hin on horseback, accompanied by four real Black Petes.
Help!, Yellow Submarine, You can drive my car or I want to hold your hand. Who doesn't know them, the world famous songs of the Fab Four from Liverpool. Breaking news: on Saturday 19 December they will perform at the Dutch Association Hua Hin & Cha am.
Agenda: Sinterklaas party in Hua hin on December 5th!
Saint Nicholas come in with your servant! And he will visit Hua Hin/Cha Am on December 5 at Say Cheese. This in collaboration with the NVTHC. And despite Facebook's ban in the company of real Black Petes.
Agenda: Sinterklaas celebration of NVT Bangkok on November 14, 2020
In an extra newsletter from the Dutch Association of Thailand in Bangkok, this year's Sinterklaas celebration is announced as follows.
The Quiz 2020 of the Dutch Association Thailand in Pattaya
Last Thursday, a fun meeting took place in the Tulip House in Jomtien to play the Quiz 2020. There were 26 participants in the Quiz who, as 13 pairs, were presented with 2 rounds of 31 questions each.
Participate in the NVT Pattaya Quiz at home
The Dutch Association Thailand in Pattaya is organizing The Quiz at Tulip House on Wednesday 14 October (tomorrow), starting at 13.30 pm. The quiz starts at 14.00 p.m. Non-members pay THB 100 per person.
Agenda: Friday is the party!
This Friday, August 28, we will restart the association year with a big party. We do that from 18 pm in Sam Pi Nong in Cha Am, Peter Robbe's restaurant.
Tens of thousands of Thai men and women are on the street due to the corona crisis. Hotels are close, as are many restaurants and shops. With the average low wages, there is hardly any savings and it is impossible to live on the meager benefits.