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Roadmap tackles 'middle income trap'
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/01/2012
» Thailand has made admirable progress in recent decades in reducing poverty and improving literacy and health standards.
Opportunities abound for health tourism
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 30/01/2012
» The Thai tourism industry's efforts to promote more niche-market visitors is set to take a step forward when the Global Alcohol Policy Conference convenes in Bangkok between Feb 13-15 this year.
The doctor is in
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 13/02/2012
» Making the right diagnosis helps a doctor determine the proper treatment for a patient, and the same principle can apply in the business world as well, says Rathian Srimongkol, the chief executive of Krungthai Card Plc.
Chartingthe Future
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 27/02/2012
» The British government expects its new climate change map to foster awareness of the environmental consequences of global warming.
Brewing from the heart
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/02/2012
» Hathaichanok Phisailert has made it her mission to nurture the spirit of social enterprise, where coffee growers are treated more like kinsmen than clients, sellers or ordinary villagers.
Private sector can help meet rising healthcare demand
Business, Published on 06/03/2012
» Demand for better health care is growing in Southeast Asia's emerging economies, putting pressure on governments to increase health spending to levels closer to those in the developed world.
Thai poultry allowed back into EU
Published on 04/04/2012
» BRUSSELS - The European Union said Tuesday it is poised to lift import restrictions on poultry meat from Thailand, eight years after they were imposed due to an outbreak of deadly avian influenza.
Exporters aflutter as EU lifts ban
Business, Published on 05/04/2012
» The European Union (EU) will lift a ban on imports of raw chicken meat from Thailand on July 1, ending an eight-year prohibition since the Thai poultry industry detected the avian flu in its birds in early 2004.
'Shock absorber' in our backyards
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 30/04/2012
» If foreign tourism has been hit by repeated "external shocks" over the last decade, domestic tourism has become a "shock absorber" to help cushion the impact, according to a landmark study to be released this week.
Tourism sales job given new impetus
Business, Somporn Thapanachai, Published on 30/04/2012
» Despite its scenic beauty and appealing blend of traditional culture and cutting-edge modernity, Japan has never been known as a top tourism destination.