The Mae Sai-Tachileik border checkpoint has reopened after closing for three years due to the pandemic. Travellers from Thailand entering Myanmar are required to show a vaccine certificate or Covid-19 rapid test.
CHIANG RAI: The first Thailand-Myanmar friendship bridge, linking Mae Sai district and Tachilek, was reopened on Monday morning nearly three years after it was closed because of the Covid-19 epidemic, much to the delight of people on both sides of the border.
A border crossing between Myanmar and Thailand reopened today, three years after it closed due to the pandemic. Today marked the reopening of the Mae Sai-Tachileik checkpoint and Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge connecting Chiang Rai province to Myanmar’s Tachileik province with a ceremony attended by local VIPs. People from the Thai…