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Subs plan tests navy to sink or swim
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/08/2015
» It has been 64 years since the Royal Thai Navy decommissioned their four submarines in 1951, but when they first expressed their desire to purchase a new fleet from Sweden in 1995, they ended up empty-handed due to insufficient funds.
Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Rise of the rural middle class
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/08/2014
» Outside the Central department store in Ubon Ratchathani, a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class with yellow Lao licence plates drove from the car park. It was a Wednesday, but at weekends, a security guard told me, some 20% of the vehicles parked here are from Laos, many of which are European cars travelling to the northeastern province through Pakse or Mukdahan.
Minding Thailand's business
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» Pranom Kowinwipat never missed any of the 60 general meetings during her five years on the audit committee at Bangchak Petroleum Plc.
Duo have new twist on old idea
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2014
» DUESSELDORF: How to cope with electricity demand in 2050?
Industry Ministry scales back forecast
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/12/2013
» Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) for the first 11 months of 2013 fell by 2.9% year-on-year, prompting the Industry Ministry to revise this year's index forecast to a 3% decline.
Mid-sized enterprises tail off as consolidation gains steam
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/08/2013
» Despite a high level of entrepreneurship, the number of medium-sized businesses in Thailand has been dwindling due to merger and acquisition trends, says the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (Osmep).
EU passing the baton
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/07/2013
» An economic partnership between Asean and its six dialogue partners should be the ultimate goal in the quest for the region to become a global powerhouse amid the decline of European nations, says Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).
Thailand welcomes UK help with PPPs
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/06/2013
» Thailand continues to struggle to establish proper public-private partnership (PPP) schemes and so will seek to learn from British expertise in infrastructure, says Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt.
IEAT plans 13 new industrial estates
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/06/2013
» The plan to build more industrial estates has drawn overwhelming interest, with 28 industrial estates proposed for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), logistics estates and northeastern estates involving combined investment of 800 billion baht.