The aquatic bank branch “Bank on the Boat” sets to sail in Bangkok

The “Bank on the Boat” sails on the Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2013. Thailand Government Savings Bank opened its first aquatic branch in 1958 for the convienience of the inhabitants living onshore. Now the “Bank on the Boat” still works for those residents alongside the bank of Mae Nam Chao Phraya River and the canals.

A clerk on the “Bank on the Boat” (R) transacts business for a local resident in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2013. <Xinhua/Gao Jianjun>