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Govt urged to extend EEC incentives to local businesses
Civil society groups have called on the government to extend the special privileges it is offering to investors in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to local business activities and sustainable development.They also urged the government to give priority to local solutions in solving ongoing land ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Thailand to start testing medical marijuana on patients
Thailand is poised to start its first tests of cannabis oil on patients, a health official said Friday, as excitement swirls around a new industry that could create money-making avenues for entrepreneurs while offering relief for suffering patients.Keep reading ...
Thailand ranks world’s 23rd most polluted country
Thailand has been ranked the world’s 23rd most polluted country and Bangkok ranks 24th in the list of cities with critical air quality globally, according to the 2018 World Air Quality Report. The report shows that PM2.5 dust particles for the whole year in Thailand ...
Thailand studying Japan’s satellite model
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) has teamed up with the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) to study Japan’s satellite model to seek supervisory direction for the satellite industry, in which foreign investments will be allowed after Thaicom Plc’s 20-year satellite concession ends ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand to ban import of plastic waste next year
Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will propose to the cabinet a total ban on the import of plastic waste into Thailand beginning next year.Natural Resources and Environment Minister Gen Surasak Karnjanarat said today that, as imports of plastic waste are to end next ...
Thailand targets significant reduction of plastics consumption by 2022
Thailand has set a target of eliminating plastic waste imports into the country by the year 2022, as well as to reduce the consumption of plastic products and packaging.Keep watching ...
Thai-Cambodia partnership event to boost border trade
The Thai Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) will host a Thai-Cambodia economic partnership event in which the governments of both countries and the private sector have been invited to trade and offer investment promotion and solutions.The event will also feature a business matching activity for ...
DIP to increase GI products’ value to 30 billion baht this year
The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has planned to increase a combined value of Geographical Indicator (GI) products to 30 billion baht.DIP Director General Thosapone Dansuputra revealed the agency is raising the combined value of Thai GI products from three billion to 30 billion baht.Keep ...
Tewit Kemtong
PRD, EC organize "The Path to Building Thailand, Election 2019"
The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) has cooperated with the Election Commission (EC) to organize an event called “The Path to Building Thailand, Election 2019” at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University (BSRU) in Bangkok.The PRD Director-General, Lt. Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, chaired the event to provide knowledge and ...
Praphorn Praphornkul
No negative records for state welfare cardholders: Finance Ministry
State welfare cardholders will have no negative records and no restriction to financial transactions, said Finance Ministry Spokesman Lavaron Sangsanit.He dismissed rumors circulated online alleging low financial credit scores and restricted financial services being provided for welfare cardholders.Keep reading ...
Tewit Kemtong
