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Travel scheme farce
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/07/2025
» The rollout of the "Tiew Thai Khon La Krung" campaign, or Thailand Travel Co-pay scheme, last week has proved to be unmitigated disaster, with no resolution in sight. This embarrassing episode reflects not only gross incompetence, but entrenched political pettiness among policy-makers.
Tourism co-payment registration temporarily closed
Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 04/07/2025
» The new registration for the government’s tourism co-payment scheme is temporarily closed for maintenance from Friday, following widespread criticism over the project’s lack of preparedness.
Specialists urge revamp of state procurement process
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 04/07/2025
» Technical experts have urged an overhaul of the bidder qualification criteria for government auctions to prevent registration system collapses for state projects with a massive amount of registrants.
Bugs being fixed in travel subsidy sign-up system
Published on 02/07/2025
» Lessons learned from previous travel subsidy schemes that cost the government 2.3 billion baht due to fraud have the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) defending the complicated registration process for the latest programme.
Launch-day rush crashes Thai travel app
Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2025
» The public flooded the government’s “Tiew Thai Khon La Krueng” travel campaign site with registrations on its opening day on Tuesday, only to find the system had been crashing since the morning.
Thailand bolsters digital defences
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/06/2025
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry wants to improve government cybersecurity by obliging all state agencies to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging in to their systems.
DES Ministry wins budget hike for fiscal 2026
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 03/06/2025
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has been allocated a budget for fiscal 2026 of 10.2 billion baht, an increase of 618 million from 9.6 billion for fiscal 2025.
Digital registration upgraded in July
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/05/2025
» The digital business registration system DBD Biz Regist unveiled at the beginning of this year is expected to become fully operational online in July, says the Department of Business Development (DBD).
ThaID eases check-in for flights
Post Reporters, Published on 22/12/2024
» The government said Thai nationals can use the ThaID app to present a valid digital identification card when checking in for flights to ease travel hassles during the busy New Year season.
Is the digital wallet registration secure?
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/08/2024
» As registration for participation in the digital wallet scheme begins on the Tang Rat application, some people question whether the app is secure enough amid rampant local cyberthreats.