• GENERAL

  Two stimulus schemes could face hurdles

  Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/11/2023

  » Legal and funding challenges could derail or significantly scale down implementation of the costly digital wallet and e-refund schemes the government plans to roll out next year, blunting GDP growth estimates for 2024, according to analysts.

• OPINION

  Don't leave small businesses behind

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/04/2022

  » The time has finally come again for the tourism industry. As many countries start learning to live with Covid-19, travel restrictions are being eased and people are hitting the road after staying put for more than two years.

• BUSINESS

  Connecting with Laos

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/09/2021

  » Landlocked but rich in natural resources and geographically diverse, Laos has a lot to offer. Significant investments from neighbours including China have helped the country achieve economic growth of 6-7% a year over the past decade. Yet, inadequate infrastructure and the absence of a skilled workforce are among the reasons Laos has yet to fulfil its potential.

• BUSINESS

  Brewing engagement

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/04/2021

  » Born and brought up in Kenya, Priti Halai is emphatic when she says, "I've never thought of myself as an Indian. Exactly the way I consider myself is Kenyan. "But if you give me Indian music, Indian food, then I'll sing and I dance," the business executive officer of Nespresso Thailand adds with enthusiasm.

• BUSINESS

  Can we keep Covid in check?

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/01/2021

  » I have always been proud of my hometown, Samut Songkhram. The smallest province in Thailand, known by some as "Maeklong", it is just 64 kilometres from the centre of Bangkok, with Samut Sakhon sitting between my province and the capital.

• OPINION

  Make time to enjoy Japan

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/12/2019

  » Landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport early on a Sunday morning (5.30 am), I was pleasantly surprised to find how convenient it was to commute to the city hotel where I had reserved a room for my one-week visit. I was welcomed at the airport exit by a Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) staffer who accompanied me to an airport bus that took me on a non-stop journey to the hotel.

• BUSINESS

  Choose safety over selfies

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/10/2019

  » During my most recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City, I was captivated by the sight of an old apartment building that had been converted into a fantastic collection of restaurants, coffee shops, co-working spaces and a bookshop.

• BUSINESS

  Empowering a region

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/01/2019

  » Ask Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the new executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), what she misses the most about her Indonesian homeland and the answer is her garden.

• BUSINESS

  Infrastructure setback in Indonesia

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 26/02/2018

  » Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing a major setback after suspending construction of elevated toll roads and railway tracks following a string of recent construction accidents.

• BUSINESS

  The Yokohama model

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 31/07/2017

  » To attract international trade and investment, as well as talent and tourism, Asian cities have to develop highly livable and sustainable urban environments. Yokohama is leading the way with innovative urban planning and is now helping its peers in Southeast Asia to upgrade their appeal.

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