Economy and commerce
Investment
Draft air navigation bill progresses
The cabinet on Tuesday (Dec, 25) approved a draft bill for the air navigation law, allowing foreign investors who win Board of Investment (BoI) promotional privileges to own up to 100% of shares. Three categories — aircraft manufacturing, aircraft parts manufacturing, and maintenance, repair and ...
Chatrudee Theparat
BoI gives nod to projects in Deep South
The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved two projects — a hospitality business and coconut oil production — in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, with a combined value of 620 million baht. Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Research finds investors paying less attention to tax incentives
Research by economists has found that tax incentives are no longer the main consideration of investors, who are now paying more attention to basic infrastructure and the governance of investments.Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
BoI offers incentives to meet Bt300-bn EEC target
The Board of Investment (BoI) maintains its Bt300 billion total investment target in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) by the year-end and is releasing new investment packages to woo investors.Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Thailand Board of Investment’s Incentives to Boost Investment in Food Innovations
After the Thailand Board of Investment (BoI) announced earlier this year a new policy to offer investment incentives to seven more “Food Innopolis” projects nationwide, Thailand’s food industry has embarked on a transformation journey.Keep reading ...
BoI promises 'golden year' with package
The Board of Investment (BoI) plans to meet to consider a new investment package on Monday (Nov, 12) to make next year “the golden year of investment”. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak assigned the BoI to design a new investment package during his recent trip ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Myanmar looks East
The government of Myanmar has launched a major investment drive centred on Asian countries in the face of declining interest from the West. “We must be proactive and seek the sort of investment that is good for the country,” Thaung Tun, head of the Myanmar ...
Southeast Asia sees investment boom, thanks to trade war
Southeast Asia is seeing a boom in foreign direct investment as the intensifying trade war between the US and China prompts companies to shift production to the region.Vietnam saw manufacturing inflows jump 18% in the first nine months of 2018, driven by investments including a ...
EEC Office and Jetro sign aid deal
Thailand and Japan have come to an agreement to aid Japanese companies looking to invest in the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana yesterday (Oct 5) witnessed the signing ceremony of a memorandum of intent between the EEC Office and the ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Thai – OECD Conference on Investment Policy “Maximising the Benefits of Investment in Thailand”
During 17 – 18 September 2018, the Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), organised the Thai – OECD Conference on Investment Policy under the theme “Maximising ...
