Economy and commerce

Public bodies join hands in bid to help online sales for SMEs, farmers

CAT Telecom and Thailand Post are promoting the use of online platforms to support small and medium sized business in the country. CAT Telecom expects around a million users to download via the iget Mart application. Keep reading ...

Jirapan Boonnoon

Thailand & Laos discuss reducing trade and investment barriers

Thailand and Laos have engaged in negotiations to reduce trade and investment barriers, with the aim of creating a logistics network that will boost bilateral trade to 11 billion US dollars by 2021, up from 6.1 billion dollars last year. Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, today ...

Benjamin Rujopakarn

Belt and Road is China's 'manifest destiny'

No national project of global reach carries as much stake and attracts as much attention as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Conceived in 2013, the BRI is the colossal brainchild of President Xi Jinping and his government. Keep reading ...

Prayut orders rethink of SEZ investment target

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday mandated that the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and the Board of Investment (BoI) jointly revise the investment target for 10 special economic zones (SEZs) to make them more attractive to investors. The two agencies met the SEZ ...

Chatrudee Theparat

Growing interest from China in Thailand’s EEC

There has been a steady stream of Chinese delegations coming to Thailand to look at business opportunities, particularly in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Most recently a group of high-ranking Chinese officials and executives met with Thai counterparts at the 6th meeting of the Joint Committee ...

Suwatchai Songwanich

Initial impact of Thailand 4.0 analysed

A new report from the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on the Thailand 4.0 initiative and the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which together have helped foreign investment levels to recover. Keep reading ...

Electronic banking services crash

Electronic services of many banks – ATMs, mobile and internet banking – crashed on Friday morning (August 31). Messages on some screens said there were too many users. One big bank was later disconnected from the central switching system and other banks’ services were  restored. ...

Thailand again delays launch of infrastructure fund, until October

A multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund planned by the Thai government, first announced in 2015, will be launched in October, delayed again from September, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday. (August 29)The government aims to use the “Thailand Future Fund”, intended to eventually reach ...

Japanese investors keen to join with Chinese on EEC projects, minister says

Japan plans to team up with China to invest in Thailand’s infrastructure projects, targeting the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.The move came after the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding on private-sector economic cooperation in third-world countries between China and ...

The Nation Reporter

BAAC extend Tree Bank Guarantee Fund 80% along with pushing the 4 major groups of tree for loan

The Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) reported progress of Tree Bank Project that 80% of the collateral price is equal to the land from the original 50% of the assessed credit, as an alternative choice for farmers can solve their debt problems. Along ...

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