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Two private companies given green light for SEZs investment
Two private companies have been given permission to invest in special economic zones (SEZs) in Tak and Kanchanburi provinces. The SEZ development policy committee gave the nod to the two companies, the names of which have yet to be revealed, during a meeting presided over ...
Nuppol Suvansombut
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
BOI’s Investment Promotion Measure in the EEC
The Board of Investment’s (BOI) investment promotion measure in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is especially designed to boost targeted investment activities in designated areas in three provinces: Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong. Private sector is encouraged through this measure to involve in human resources development ...
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
Making transparent concessions
September marks a series of seismic auctions that will determine whether Thailand’s business realm will continue to be dominated by the same old oligarchs or if newcomers with big bucks could shake up the monopolistic arena. The terms of reference (ToR) for the 200-billion-baht high-speed ...
U-tapao airport renovation project to get completed by schedule: PMO minister
The renovation project of U-tapao airport will be proceeded and completed according to plan to accommodate the growth of visitors to Thailand, said Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool. He made comments on the U-tapao renovation project in Chonburi during a seminar organized for investors ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Industry minister points out people's benefits from EEC project
The Ministry of Industry opened a seminar on benefits which the people will have from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. Industry Minister Uttama Saowanayon opened the seminar in Rayong on “What Thais will benefit from EEC,” which was attended by government officials, delegates from ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
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 ...
Amata: Chinese EV firms sniff around EEC
SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, the industrial estate operator, is in talks with Chinese automotive companies that are interested in joining the government’s electric vehicle (EV) scheme in the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
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 ...
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