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Shrimp exports projected to increase by 10% next year
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/11/2023
» Thailand's shrimp exports are expected to grow by 10% next year, driven by a slight increase in domestic shrimp production and stronger demand, especially in the United States.
EEC gets nod for free trade zone on Airport City land
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/08/2022
» The cabinet yesterday approved the allocation of 1,032 rai of land in the Eastern Airport City project to create a free-trade zone within the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), in a move to attract investors and businesspeople.
Department to post price lists for hospital services
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/02/2020
» The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department will post the prices of 300 medical services offered by various private hospitals on its website later this month so people can view them before agreeing to treatment.
Talks on tap for lowering health insurance premiums
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/12/2019
» The Internal Trade Department is scheduled to talk with the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) by the middle of next month about possibly lowering health insurance premiums in keeping with the cheaper medicine price structure.
Households struggling with medical bills
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/12/2019
» The government is being urged to spend more on public welfare and rev up stimulus plans after a university study found that Thais are borrowing more to pay medical bills and owe an average of 14,600 baht per household.
Private hospital fees on cusp of public disclosure
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/11/2019
» The government is set to reveal information on the actual costs of 200 medical services early next year after it categorised private hospitals based on their medicine and medical service charges so patients can know the prices before they receive services.
Hospital rankings begin
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/10/2019
» The government on Tuesday unveiled 164 private hospitals rated "green", meaning they offer friendly medicine pricing for patients.
Complaints spur IUU assessment
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/06/2019
» The Commerce Ministry has scheduled a joint meeting with the Fisheries Department next week to evaluate the impact of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices on domestic fishing operators after mounting complaints about a flood of imported fishery products from neighbouring countries.
Project spending fuels fears over graft
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/07/2016
» Thai people are increasingly fretting over corruption as the government revs up big-ticket infrastructure investment, a poll by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) reveals.
TIP upgrade to aid exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/07/2016
» The private sector expects the improved ranking in the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to help bolster exports and ward off a contraction this year.