Science and technology

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) has vowed to increase the GDP of the country’s digital industry by 1% or 6 billion baht next year through various support programmes.The commitment was spelled out by Depa president and chief executive Nuttapon Nimmanphatcharin in a recent press ...

The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry aims to use a centralised data-sharing government platform by 2023 through the Government Data Center and Cloud (GDCC) service as part of efforts to boost public services within a single window for data access.GDCC is the central cloud ...

Thai government agencies announced at Nov. 23, 2020 media event in Bangkok they are now harnessing the power of NASA air quality data and expertise through a unique partnership with SERVIR.A joint initiative between the Capacity Building program area and the United States Agency for ...

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) plans to roll out an artificial intelligence (AI) university project and drone academy next year, as part of the agency’s plan to drive digital skills and support the digital economy.The AI university project is meant to provide AI knowledge ...

Technology is at the core of Thailand’s development as the country moves forward into the era of Thailand 4.0, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on WednesdayGen Prawit was speaking when opening ”Powering Digital Thailand 2021”, a forum jointly organised by the Bangkok Post and ...

Using digital data technologies to become a “smart government” is crucial if Thailand wants to restore national competency and keep up with the world.“It’s not enough for state agencies to have their digital data systems and applications,” said Itsakul Unahakate, a lecturer from Thammasat University’s ...

Purple Ventures, a subsidiary of SCB 10X, on Monday launched the food-delivery app Robinhood, which aims to help at least 16,000 small restaurants and merchants join the digital marketplace.The app will initially cover deliveries in Bangkok and its vicinity before expanding further early next year.Robinhood ...

The government is struggling to deal with tech-savvy youth-led demonstrators who make the most use of information and communication technologies and social media platforms as a major tool in their anti-government campaign, academics and former protest leaders said.They also raised concern about possible confrontations between ...

Facebook and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat today launched a collaboration initiative to provide early flood alert and drought monitoring information to riparian communities and governments in the Lower Mekong region.The first of its kind, the collaboration aims to raise awareness among the general public ...

Thai companies must speed up their digital transformation to avoid the impact of a wave of disruption within the next five years, warns a new report by Deloitte Thailand.The Covid-19 crisis will accelerate that digital transformation, the report adds.Ninety-one executives from several industries participated in ...