Government

Cabinet approves joint agreement on repatriation of Myanmar refugees

The Cabinet has endorsed an agreement between Thailand and Myanmar on their cooperation to repatriate Myanmar refugees, with a budget to be allocated in support of their journey home. Keep reading ...

Surapan Laotharanarit

The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road

China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region.Keep reading ...

Suwatchai Songwanich

Cross-border transport agreement makes progress

Myanmar and Thailand will sign an MOU for the Initial Implementation of a Cross-border Transport Agreement (IICBTA), to facilitate transport between countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in late August.Upon signing the MOU, Myanmar will start cross-border transport activities with Thailand, said U Aung ...

Chan Mya Htwe

VAT return scheme for poor shaping up

The planned repayment of value-added tax (VAT) to government welfare smart card holders is expected to take shape by the end of this year, a move meant to improve their purchasing power.Keep reading ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

Triumph of global cooperation

Global support poured in resulting in the successful mission that rescued 12 boys and their coach from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, an effort in which Thailand’s hand was strengthened by the help of many foreign teams.Keep reading ...

Wasamon Audjarint

Windfall tax on properties clears Cabinet

The Cabinet has given the green light to a draft bill on windfall tax relating to tax collection from owners of properties worth more than Bt50 million that have benefited from transport projects.Keep reading ...

Somluck Srimalee

Cambodia, Thailand end cross-border rail transport talks

Cambodia and Thailand on Friday concluded negotiations on the transport of goods and people by train across their shared border, with an official agreement expected to be signed in upcoming months.Keep reading ...

Chea Vannak

Revenue Department eyes AI upgrade

The Revenue Department has outlined its plan to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in tax management to transform the tax-collecting agency into a fully digital organisation and improve efficiency. Keep reading ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

Thailand’s Military Installed Government Unanimously Passes 20 Year National Strategy

Thailand’s Military installed National Legislative Assembly (NLA)  has voted unanimously to approve the National Strategy, with binding effect over the next 20 years and penalties for non-compliance. After the 179-0 vote in favour on Friday (July 6) , the strategy will be submitted for royal endorsement ...

Aekarach Sattaburuth

Deputy Permanent Secretary Hosted the Afternoon Tea Reception for the USABC Delegation

On 28 June 2018, Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs, hosted an afternoon tea reception for the delegation from the U.S. – ASEAN Business Council (USABC) on the occasion of ...

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