Upper Thailand is warmer – Bangkok-metropolitan area has 10% thunderstorms.Merle Ratner’s love for Vietnam to be treasured forever

Bangkok, Meteorological Department reveals that Bangkok and surrounding areas will experience thunderstorms in 10% of the area, while temperatures in upper Thailand will rise. Hot weather during the day Meteorological Department weather forecast for the next 24 hours An area of ??high pressure or a weak cold air mass covers upper Thailand. causing upper Thailand to have higher temperatures with fog in the morning The weather is hot during the day. While there is a westerly wind in the upper level blowing over the northern and upper northeastern regions. This causes the area to still have cool to cold weather in the morning. As for the southeasterly winds still blowing over the lower northeastern and eastern regions. This characteristic makes the lower northeastern region, eastern region, including Bangkok and surrounding areas There will be thunderstorms in some places. People in the upper part of Thailand are asked to take care of their health due to the changing weather conditions. And be careful when tra veling through foggy areas. For the weak easterly and southeast winds blow over the Gulf of Thailand, the southern region and the Andaman Sea. causing the southern region to have little rain Dust during this period: Upper Thailand has moderate to high accumulation of dust/smog. Because the wind that blows over it is weak. Regional weather forecast Bangkok-Metropolitan area: Some fog in the morning. with hot weather during the day With thunderstorms in 10 percent of the area, minimum temperature 25-26 degrees Celsius, maximum temperature 35-37 degrees Celsius, southerly winds 5-15 km/hr. Northern region: Cool to cold weather. with fog in the morning The weather is hot during the day. Lowest temperature 13-18 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature 33-38 degrees Celsius. Cold to very cold at the top of the mountain. And there is frost in some places. Lowest temperature 4-12 degrees Celsius. Western wind speed 5-15 km/hr. Northeastern region: Cool to cold weather. with fog in the morning There is slight rain i n some places. Mostly in the lower part The weather is hot during the day. Lowest temperature 15-24 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature 37-38 degrees Celsius. Cool to cold at the top of the mountain. Lowest temperature 13-17 degrees Celsius. Southeast wind speed 5-15 km/hr. Central region: Fog in the morning. with hot weather during the day Lowest temperature 21-26 degrees Celsius, highest temperature 36-38 degrees Celsius, southerly winds 5-15 km/hr. Eastern Region: Some fog in the morning. with hot weather during the day There will be thunderstorms in 20 percent of the area, mostly in Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces. Minimum temperature 24-27 degrees Celsius, maximum temperature 33-37 degrees Celsius, southerly winds 10-30 km/hr. The sea has waves below 1. meters in areas with thunderstorms, waves higher than 1 meter. Southern region (east side): Partly cloudy with thunderstorms in 10 percent of the area, mostly in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces. Lowest temperature 22-25 degrees Celsius, highest temperature 33-35 degrees Celsius, southeast winds 10- 30 km/hr. The sea has waves less than 1 meter. In thunderstorm areas, waves higher than 1 meter. Southern Region (West Coast): Partly cloudy and hot during the day. with slight rain in some places Lowest temperature 23-24 degrees Celsius, highest temperature 34-37 degrees Celsius, easterly winds 10-30 km/hr. The sea has waves less than 1 meter high. Far from the coast and in areas with thunderstorms, waves higher than 1 meter. Source: Thai News Agency New York: The profound love that Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war US activist who passed away on February 5, gave to Vietnam during her entire life will be always in the hearts of Vietnamese people. Ratner passed away in a traffic accident in New York on February 5 evening. Merle Evelyn Ratner was born to a Jewish-American family in New York City in 1956. At the age of 13, she actively took part in the anti-war movement and showed her support for the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. At that time, the public in the US and the world were impressed by a small girl climbing the Statue of Liberty and waving the red flag with a yellow star and slogans calling for an end to the wrongful war. She used to say that images of the destructive war in Vietnam and the stories about napalm bombs and toxic chemicals killing a large number of people had urged her to take to the streets to do something meaningful to help Vietnam. Inspired by the sympathies and love for the S-shaped country, Ratner s ought to read documents and writings about President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and the just struggle of the Vietnamese people. The more she learned about Vietnam, the more strongly she supported the fight for independence, freedom, and national reunification of its people. To this left-wing activist, the day of April 30, 1975 was not only the day of complete victory for Vietnam but also a happy day of all progressive and peace-loving people around the world. After 1975, with her stronger love for Vietnam, Ratner campaigned for the normalisation of the Vietnam - US relations and supported many international activities of Vietnam. During 1976 - 1979, she and her husband, Prof. Ngo Thanh Nhan, promoted the establishment of an association of patriotic overseas Vietnamese in the US to call on the US Government to normalise the relations with and lift the embargo on Vietnam. She used to visit the Southeast Asian country for many times and work with mass organisations, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. Ratner was a co-founder and coordinator of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign (VAORRC) in the New York region. She worked tirelessly to appeal to organisations and individuals to support Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange and to the US Government to compensate the victims. Over the past years, she collected tens of millions of signatures via the internet to help Agent Orange victims of Vietnam to launch lawsuits. Ratner was awarded the "For the Development of Vietnamese Women" insignia in 2010 and the 'For Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange' insignia in 2013 in recognition of her enormous contributions. Jonathan Moore, a lawyer and a board member of the VAORRC, regarded Ratner as a steadfast friend, tirelessly advocating for the rights of AO victims in Vietnam throughout her life. He said she will be remembered by those fighting for dignity and social justice. Le Thanh Chung, a Vietnamese expatriate in New York, assessed the activist as being unwaveringly faithful to communist ideals and believing in socialism as the true path to happiness for the people. Notably, Ratner devoted her pure and loyal love to Vietnam, Chung said. In a recent interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in New York on February 1 on the occasion of the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Ratner once again emphasised the leadership role of the CPV as the decisive factor in all of the nation's achievements and victories. She affirmed that the CPV has steadfastly pursued the path of socialism and advocated for socialist values worldwide, with Vietnam certain to succeed on the chosen path. Amidst the constant changes in the world, increasing right-wing nationalism, and increasingly fierce competition among major powers, she believed that Vietnam's foreign policy of "Four Nos" and "bamboo diplomacy" approach - which means flexible in practice yet unwavering in principles - demonstrate the rightness and help Vietnam ensure peace, independence and sovereignty, and achieve many meaningful accomplishments./. Source: Vietnam News Agency