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Krungthai Bank trims NPL rate to 2.7% this year
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/11/2025
» Krungthai Bank (KTB) has exercised careful asset management, enabling the state-owned bank to reduce its non-performing loans (NPLs) excluding government-assisted contracts from 4.4% of the portfolio in 2020 to just 2.7% in the first nine months of this year, say executives.
'Correctional' estate being developed
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/07/2022
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) expects the construction of a new "correctional industrial estate" to be completed in 3-5 years, helping the government generate jobs for inmates.
It Was a Pretty Good Year in Car Business -- Except for Suppliers
Business, Mike Colias, Published on 07/12/2021
» Peter Anthony, the head of a Chicago-area auto supplier, has spent much of this year feeling left on the sidelines in an industry delivering solid profits to car makers and dealers.
IEAT promotes creation of 'correctional' estate project
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 03/11/2021
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is preparing to invite companies to join a project to build "correctional industrial estates" in five provinces, including those in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
IEAT to speed up correctional estate study
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 25/10/2021
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is speeding up a feasibility study to build a new "correctional industrial estate" in a move to upskill inmates and convert them into a new workforce for the country.
FTI touts herb to treat workers
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/07/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is preparing to give 100,000 seeds of fa thalai jone herbs to factories for planting under a plan to treat workers infected with Covid-19.
Hopeful investing with a post-Covid recovery theme
Business, Tisco Securities, Published on 12/06/2021
» The third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand has proven to be more severe than previously expected. Since April, there have been over 2,000 new cases per day, fuelled by a spate of clusters at markets and construction sites. While the prison system clusters now appear to be contained, total infections among inmates have surpassed 22,000.
Next IEAT governor may be newcomer
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 17/02/2021
» An adviser to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin is tipped to succeed the outgoing governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), becoming the first person outside the IEAT to assume its top job.
Industries try hand at correctional estates
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 06/02/2021
» Authorities plan to have two so-called "correctional industrial estates" in Thailand to offer jobs to hundreds of inmates, aiming to solve overcrowding in prisons and reduce employment of migrant workers.