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Somkid eager for CPTPP membership
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 30/10/2018
» Thailand plans to submit its request to become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by this year.
New kettle of fish
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/09/2018
» Santichai Jongkiartkajorn, 64, a farmer in Betong district of Yala province, has lived off rubber for years. He and his family endured harsh conditions over the past few years as rubber prices remained relatively low.
ABN AMRO hints at EEC hub potential
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/09/2018
» The government aims to attract European finance companies eager to use Thailand as a springboard to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) to invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor's (EEC's) financial centre.
New bill aims to boost R&D and incentivise researchers
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/09/2018
» The cabinet has approved a draft bill that promotes the use of R&D and lets researchers own the right to transfer their research to private companies.
Worming out of poverty
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/09/2018
» Ban Sompornrat has become well-known for naturally dyed silks and traditional Thai silk weaving. The village is located in Buntharik district, some 85 kilometres from Ubon Ratchathani city.
Somkid upbeat on GDP stats
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/08/2018
» With the state planning unit scheduled to release Thailand's second-quarter GDP growth result today, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak says the figure is likely to approach the 4.8% reading of the first quarter.
Denso preaches appreciation of robots
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/08/2018
» Amid mounting concerns about the deep impact on the labour market from robots and artificial intelligence (AI), due to their rapidly expanding ability to perform human tasks and the declining cost of implementing them, Denso Corporation remains unfazed.
BoI's 6-point approach to Japan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/07/2018
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has been instructed to rev up efforts to attract Japanese investment, with a focus on six categories: automobiles; robotics; machinery; medical devices; food, agriculture and biotechnology; and aerospace.
BoI set to favour EV firms
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/07/2018
» The Board of Investment (BoI) looks set to offer promotional privileges to two electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers after having frozen all EV applications from carmakers for almost a year.
Thailand, Japan join hands on EECi set-up
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/07/2018
» Thailand and Mie prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan's main Honshu island, have agreed to jointly establish the Mie-Thai agro-industrial cooperation centre at the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) in Rayong.