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Reskilling urged to shore up jobs as AI sweeps in
Intervention by the government is needed as the labour market heads toward major job losses due to recent and future waves of technological innovation, a recent seminar has heard.Deep and disruptive impacts are coming to the employment market as new technologies perform human tasks, and ...
Jintana Panyaarvudh
Future Forward set to reveal vision after official registration
The Future Forward Party has been officially registered by the Election Commission just in time for it to announce its vision on Monday (Oct 1).Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a co-founder of the party, speaking on a Facebook live session on Friday (Sep 29) night, said the EC ...
The Nation Reporter
Thai–Vietnam trade expected to reach $20 bn by 2020
The target for bilateral trade between Thailand and Vietnam has been set at US$20 billion by 2020, said Thai-Vietnam Business Council’s president Sanan Angubolkul during an interview with The Nation yesterday (Sep 27).Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Wake-up call on climate issued
Thai companies have been too slow to adapt to the consequences of climate change, say researchers who have welcomed plans by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to issue green bonds. The securities will be used to encourage the bank’s borrowers to set ...
Wichit Chaitrong
20-year plan irreversible: PM
Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha staunchly defended his 20-year national strategy plan and warned that people should not allow politicians to scrap it, even as scholars expressed their fears it could be used to sabotage future governments. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
TRADE WAR: Supachai seeks focus on SMEs amid uncertainties
Thailand, as an export-dependent economy, needs to adjust its strategic policies and support small and medium enterprises against uncertainties and the threat of global capital outflows, experts warned Wednesday. Thailand should be concerned about trends in global trade, as they greatly affect the Thai economy ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Health ministry joins efforts to promote birth-control awareness
A network of Thai organisations, led by the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Health and pharmaceutical giant Bayer Thai, joined an international campaign marking World Contraception Day on Wednesday, to promote awareness of effective birth control in order to cut down on unplanned and teen ...
The Nation Reporter
Healthcare: What the future holds in store
With an ageing population in Asia and a scenario that foresees an increase in cancers, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, shouldn’t we be looking at ‘clinical utopia’?The increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases and an ageing population means healthcare resources will continue to struggle to meet the ...
Use of Article 44 urged to push marijuana bill
With the bill to legalise the use of marijuana for medical purposes bogged down in process, Deputy Prime Minister ACM Prajin Juntong is looking into the possibility of Article 44 being invoked as a means of moving the bill forward. Prajin, who is also justice ...
The Nation Reporter
Official air quality standards raise concerns
Acceptable PM2.5 levels in Thailand still too high and fail to meet world standards, say critics.From next month, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) will set PM2.5 particles as an indicator of Thailand’s air quality, but the move does not ease the concerns of people in ...
Chularat Saengpassa