Ubon Ratchathani News & Development

[jayceenik 234]

Thanks for the ECC info.

Edited July 26, 2019 by jayceenik

[ubonrthai 302]

Here are a few pictures of airport upgrades if you haven’t been through in awhile.

[Michael Hare 406]

Looks great. Even the toilets have been upgraded.

[Patriot 263]

On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 5:34 AM, Patriot said:

Ubon:

How simple or complicated is the procedure to change the Yellow Book if changing residence to a different village but within the same Tambon (In my case less than a kilometre)

Does one have to go through the same passport translation and "Poo-Yai-Baan" shenanigans or is it just a presentation of the new owners/residence's Tabian Baan - in this case my wife!

 

 

Good day.

To answer my own question above, the whole process COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASIER. We went to the Tessabaan, me armed with Passport and old Yellow Book, Wife armed with Tabian Baan and ID. New book issued on the spot. 30 minutes at most.

[ubonrthai 302]

The road to Trakan is closed.

[transam 40,544]

4 minutes ago, ubonrthai said:

The road to Trakan is closed.

Plus the route from Ubon to Chong Mek, so I am told..

[ubonrthai 302]

The road to Yasothon, Hwy 23, also now closed.

[ubonrthai 302]

Immigration is accepting donations for people affected by the floods. They requested Mama noodles and water. A great chance to do your TM30 and help others. [emoji2]

[MrTrip 534]

The road to Yasothon, Hwy 23, also now closed.

[emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]wow
Is that person fishing?


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[MikeN 736]

1 hour ago, MrTrip said:

wow
Is that person fishing?


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That was my immediate thought too ........

[ubonrthai 302]

The Mun River is "officially" over flood stage as of 8am. You can track it here. Click on the blinking red box. Any other websites for tracking the flooding?

[ubonrthai 302]

The Mekong is also at flood stage in Khong Chiam. Flood level is 14.5m and its currently at 15.4m. That website is here.

[Michael Hare 406]

Today I drove on the new second bridge across the Little Mun river just before Benchamat school. I am not sure how it will ease the congestion as coming off the bridge with two lanes, I think one is squeezed into one lane. A pity that the water-treatment department didn't give up a few metres of their lane to make the road off the bridge wider. 

[NiwPix 409]

They finally opened it? I'll be crossing it the coming days...looking forward to seeing construction at its finest

The new building / Food Court on Chaengsanit called Y-Square will open March 2nd ( KFC is already open there ).

Maybe you know @Michael Hare, I heard the mall they were building where the old Robinson was, was stopped and they built Y-Square instead. Do you have any knowledge on the progress of the old robinson area?

[Michael Hare 406]

19 hours ago, NiwPix said:

They finally opened it? I'll be crossing it the coming days...looking forward to seeing construction at its finest

The new building / Food Court on Chaengsanit called Y-Square will open March 2nd ( KFC is already open there ).

Maybe you know @Michael Hare, I heard the mall they were building where the old Robinson was, was stopped and they built Y-Square instead. Do you have any knowledge on the progress of the old robinson area?

I doubt if any mall will be built on the old Ying-Yong-Robinson site. These old family malls can not compete with Central. When I came to live permanently in Ubon in 1994 there four large Ubon family shopping stores in Ubon. Three downtown and Ying Yong. Since then SK and Sunee have opened. They are all struggling. During that time Makro, Big C and Tesco-Lotus have also opened as well. Have to wait and see if Y-Square Mall will prosper.