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Prayut backs Roi Et development plan
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has backed the new Roi Et 4.101 development model to bolster the economy of flood- and drought-prone Roi Et province, which is a red-shirt stronghold in the Northeast.
Thai students win prize for drought-fighting device
Online Reporters, Published on 31/08/2016
» Three secondary school students from Suratpittaya School in Surat Thani province won the 2016 Stockholm Junior Water Prize with their water retention invention that mimics the Bromeliad plant.
26m rai of farmland insured, says OIC
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/09/2016
» Some 26 million rai of paddy fields are covered by the government's free crop insurance scheme in the 2016-17 harvest season, says the chief of the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC).
Chatchai intent on using S44 for dam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2016
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chatchai Sarikulya has shrugged off growing opposition to his suggested invocation of Section 44 of the interim charter to press ahead with the controversial Mae Wong dam project in Nakhon Sawan.
China to splash cash to bolster river ties
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/09/2016
» China has offered financial assistance to the Lower Mekong Region to strengthen cooperation with Mekong River management and ensure dam construction projects in China do not have a negative impact on neighboring countries.
August consumer mood up for a second month
Published on 08/09/2016
» Consumer confidence rose for a second straight month in August, accordng to a survey by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce released on Thursday
Rice auctions halted to limit supply before the harvest
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2016
» State rice auctions will be temporarily halted to avoid oversupplying the market ahead of the annual crop harvest beginning in November, the rice committee said on Wednesday.
Sam Roi Yot marsh now 100% arid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2016
» As northern Thai provinces struggle to deal with floods triggered by tropical storm Rai, Prachuap Khiri Khan is suffering from drought which has left the internationally recognised Sam Roi Yot marsh in a severely dry state.
Court hands Suthep's son 3-year term
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2016
» The Bangkok South Criminal Court has sentenced a son of former People's Democratic Reform Committee protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban to three years in jail for forest encroachment and constructing a pond at Pa Khao Phaeng on Koh Samui.
Province, Irrigation Dept at odds over floods
News, Published on 27/09/2016
» A fresh conflict is brewing between the Royal Irrigation Department and the Ayutthaya provincial office over a water-retention plan to ease flooding in the province.