A tourist wearing a protective mask sits on a social distancing seat as she waits for her flight at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International airport amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Thailand. The Thai parliament passed the first reading of a US$106 billion draft budget bill for the 2021 fiscal year, aimed at reviving an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. - Reuters
BANGKOK, July 4 (Reuters): Thailand's coalition government survived a key challenge on Friday (July 3) when parliament passed the first reading of a US$106 billion draft budget bill for the 2021 fiscal year, aimed at reviving an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
A defeat would have forced former junta leader Prayuth Chan-O-Cha's 20-party government to either resign or dissolve parliament.
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