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South Korea-Thai MoUs set for signing
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/09/2019
» Thailand is scheduled to clinch six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with South Korea on Monday on smart cities; Industry 4.0; education; water development; rail, transport and infrastructure development; and military cooperation.
Europeans eye equal treatment
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/07/2018
» European businesses are keen to invest more in pharmaceuticals, mass transit systems, double-track rail and a high-speed rail network.
Big 4 cartel proposed to raise prices
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/04/2018
» Thailand has proposed an international committee be established among rubber-producing countries to help steer rubber prices and better manage their rubber shipments, its latest attempt to shore up prices.
Somkid downplays widening deficit
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 12/01/2018
» The country's public debt is unlikely to exceed 42% of GDP this year despite a wider deficit of 550 billion baht in the fiscal 2018 budget, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Going their own way, growing organically
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2017
» While others ask for financial support and special treatment from the government, Ban Toei village of tambon Krabueang Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phimai district does the opposite.
Myanmar mulls B4.5bn loan
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/07/2017
» Myanmar's cabinet is expected to make a decision in three months on whether it will seek a 4.5-billion-baht soft loan from Thailand to build a 138km road from the Thai border to the Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone in Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi region.
'I am confident about 2017'
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2017
» The military government brought in Somkid Jatusripitak to lead the regime's economic team in 2015, as the country was struggling with internal politics and global economic downturn.
Organic laws to speed up infrastructure projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2015
» The government's strategic public-private partnership plans are about to be finalised, with all regulations expected to be settled early next month.
Pump prices cut today for petrol, diesel
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/12/2014
» Prices of petrol and diesel will today fall by two baht and one baht a litre, respectively, with the price of cooking gas for household use still unchanged.
Think tank outlines economic priorities
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/08/2014
» The state planning agency wants the future government to speed infrastructure improvements, amend trade and investment laws and spur research and development as part of an economic overhaul.