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'Pla gud' is country's top fish
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/02/2019
» The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to make the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), or the Siamese betta, as Thailand's national aquatic species.
Ceramics firms banking on exports
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/01/2019
» Lampang-based ceramics manufacturers are aiming to raise their exports to the US and Europe to 3.6 billion baht by 2022, up from 3 billion in 2018.
Micro-SMEs struggle for funds
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/12/2018
» Amporn Khamsuwat, 60, like so many people in Thailand, has aspirations to grow her small business. For over a decade, she's been hand-crafting quality clothing to supply shops at the bustling cotton market in Don Luang village in Lamphun province, and wanted to hire a new generation of weavers to breathe fresh air into her business.
Lamphun promoting historical culture via village visits
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/11/2018
» Lamphun, one of the second-tier tourism provinces being promoted by the government this year, hopes to increase visitor numbers by 20% over the next few years from 1 million in 2017.
EEC to host surprising bedfellows
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/05/2018
» Up to 40 Chinese executives will take part in Sino-Japanese Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development efforts as they strive to strengthen bilateral cooperation in third-party markets.
Time to go digital, Ma tells farmers
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/04/2018
» Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group agreed during CEO Jack Ma's brief trip to Bangkok Thursday to help small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups and farmers in Thailand by getting them more digitally connected through its platforms.
Helping villagers help themselves, over the decades
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/03/2018
» Recognised by the international community as a leader in the field of local development, the Mae Fah Luang Foundation is being tasked with spearheading rural development under the government-initiated Pracha Rat public-private collaborative scheme.
SRT lays down Japanese model for tourism trains
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/02/2018
» In a move to raise income and promote tourism, particularly in second-tier provinces and for community tourism, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is applying the model of Japan's JR Kyushu Railway's Seven Stars luxury services.
Creative group starts this June
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/02/2018
» The Creative Economy Agency, a new public organisation to handle the country's creative economy development, is scheduled to start operations by mid-June and aims to raise the creative economy's share of GDP to 15% in the next five years.
Ministry eyes innovation loan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Science and Technology Ministry plans to ask for cabinet approval to borrow US$300 million (9.67 billion baht) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote science, technology and innovation, to support the government's much-touted Thailand 4.0 scheme.