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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
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.
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).
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.
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.
Rice fields wither from lack of rain in Surin
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 23/08/2016
» SURIN -- While rain has nourished crops in most parts of the country, more than 20 villages in Tha Tum district of this northeastern province are watching their rice crops discolour and wither after about two months without any rain at all.
Warning sounded as storm Dianmu nears
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/08/2016
» Authorities are on high alert for the approaching tropical storm "Dianmu" which is expected to dump heavy rain over the North and Northeast in the next several days.
PM says floods will not hit Central Plains
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/08/2016
» Prime Ministry Prayut Chan-o-cha has reaffirmed that flood water flowing from the North will not overflow downstream provinces in the Central Plains.
Drought-hit farmers set for more aid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/08/2016
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will seek cabinet approval for a raft of measures to support farmers still struggling with the effects of the prolonged drought.