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State continues to push bio-economy
The government is pushing ahead with the bio-economy concept to modernise agriculture with advanced technology in a move to improve the national economy.Bio-economy, which uses renewable resources and turns them into value-added products, is expected to help farmers better deal with unstable crop prices and ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
GSB launches new loan campaign to strengthen grassroots level
The Government Savings Bank (GSB) has launched a new campaign called “Loans for Strengthening Foundation” under which loans of up to Bt50,000 will be offered to those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak regardless of their employment status.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
NESDC to reboot Thai Canal plan
The state planning unit looks set to host public hearings and begin new feasibility studies of the so-called Thai Canal or 9A canal route and a double-track railway linking Chumphon and Ranong. The two development projects are key to the government’s economic development plan for ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Low-fare promotion for Airport Rail Link considered
SRT Electrified Train Co Ltd (SRTET), operator of the Airport Rail Link, is seeking approval from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to reduce fares from Phya Thai to Suvarnabhumi Airport for three months from October onwards.The first low-fare promotion expired in June this year. ...
The Nation Reporter
Lack of medical personnel in Thailand 'an obstacle in developing vaccines'
Vaccine development in Thailand is hampered by lack of adequate medical personnel, Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, said.He posted on his Facebook page that shortage of personnel, not money, was an obstacle ...
The Nation Reporter
TAT says country ready to reopen
Thailand will have to tolerate the possibility of new coronavirus cases when it reopens its borders to international tourists, but the country can minimise the impact and avoid a bruising level of unemployment with risk management, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).After the country ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Dow-DMCR-IUCN takes mangrove conservation to the next level in the fight against global warming and marine debris
Dow Thailand in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently held a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement on the “Dow & Thailand Mangrove Alliance”.The collaboration ...
One Billion Baht Allocated for COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Thailand
The Cabinet on 25 August 2020 approved a budget of one billion baht for the National Vaccine Institute in order to increase Thailand’s potential for COVID-19 vaccine production, following a proposal by the Ministry of Public Health.The National Vaccine Institute has been working with several ...
Facebook joins with Mekong River Commission to raise awareness about flood and drought in the Mekong
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 ...
Shouldering the burden
With no end in sight to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government aims to put much of its aid effort towards fiscal stimulus to prop up the economy, though there are unfavourable consequences to this move.The newly formed Center for Economic ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
