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Something's brewing
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2017
» A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
When pigs fly
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/11/2016
» Sakaseam Sripolreun takes pride in the wild boars he bought three years ago from a poacher in Khon Kaen's Phu Wiang district. Said to be the most beautiful strain in Thailand with a large chest, elegant posture and slim face, they are highly resistant to diseases and can live on scrap fruit and vegetables, making them easy to raise.
Food fight: the battle over the future of farming
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/12/2015
» When Winus Srisombatraethong purchased green papaya seeds from farmers in Pathum Thani province in 2009, he had no reason to suspect anything unusual.
Vibhavadi to build on universal health care
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/05/2015
» SET-listed Vibhavadi Medical Center (VIBHA), operator of Vibhavadi General Hospital, is set to open five new hospitals over the next five years, mainly to tap the government's universal healthcare programme.
Tapped-out TTW eyes other flows
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/02/2014
» Thai Tap Water Supply Plc (TTW), the country's biggest private tap-water supplier, plans to dilute its revenue from tap-water sales to 60-70% overall in the long term to sustain double-digit yearly growth.
Following your gift
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/03/2013
» Life was a slog for Kritsada Jangchaimonta, growing up in a slum for 23 years. But the 3-by-4 metre room he lived in together with seven others in Bangkok failed to discourage him from dreaming of becoming a millionaire one day.
TTW gushes to expand services to Myanmar
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/02/2013
» YANGON : Thai Tap Water Supply (TTW) is considering the possibility of expanding to Myanmar.
Breaking down taboos
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/09/2012
» Kasetsart University (KU) is well known for its agricultural programmes and already home to enclosures of chickens, pigs and fish, so it should have come as no surprise when it decided to set up a facility for water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) almost a year ago.
More SMEs going under the radar
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/08/2012
» The minimum wage of 300 baht a day is taking its toll on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), leading several to close and start doing business without registering with the Commerce Ministry, according to a university study.
Sports boost to tobacco, beer sales
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/05/2012
» Sales of beer and cigarettes are set to rise this year as distributors are starting to stock products ahead of two major upcoming sports events, according to the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).