Thailand’s cabinet included Chinese Spring Festival in the national holiday for the first time.

December 29th local time, Thailand’s Minister of Culture, Ijk Pong, said that the cabinet meeting of the Thai government agreed to make the Chinese Spring Festival 2021 a public holiday in Thailand, which is the first time that the Thai government has made the Chinese Spring Festival a national public holiday.

Thailand is a traditional Chinese immigration country. Chinese account for about 12% of the country’s population. About 7 million Chinese live in Thailand, which is an important part of Thailand’s multiculturalism and ethnicity.