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Kratom leaves dropped from narcotics list
Justic Minister Somsak Thepsuthin and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today (December 27) to remove Kratom leaves from Thailand’s list of narcotics.It aimed to study the impact of using marijuana and kratom leaves for other purposes, instead of ...
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Monthly allowance for special needs people to be increased
The monthly allowance for those with special needs will be raised from Bt800 to Bt1,000, the Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities’ committee decided at a meeting.Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit chaired the meeting and said the resolution would soon be ...
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Border trade drops 2.97 per cent in first 11 months of year
Border trade in the first 11 months of 2019 fell 2.94 per cent year on year to Bt1.23 trillion, the Department of Foreign Trade under the Commerce Ministry revealed.Keerati Rushchano, director-general of the department, said that Malaysia remained Thailand’s top trade partner among border countries ...
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TISI releases circular economy guidelines
The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (Tisi) announced on December 20 that it has adopted the circular economy philosophy, in line with the operational guidelines drawn up for all organizations wanting to better manage their resources, Wanchai Panomchai, Tisi secretary general, revealed.The circular economy covers product ...
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Innovation to tackle flooding at industrial estates
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Chichibu Chemical in the construction of a Plastic Rainwater Storage Structure (PRSS) to prevent damages from inundation at industrial estates in Thailand, starting with a pilot run at Latkrabang ...
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Energy Minister promotes community-based power
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, who is currently on a tour of the Northeast, visited a rice product promotion centre in Ban Non Rang in Khon Kaen on Thursday (December 19) to see firsthand the success of the centre and promote the community-based power plant policy ...
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Digital transformation in finance
Organizations today face many challenges related to finance and accounting and the account closing process is perhaps the most challenging of these.The current process requires high detail and is time consuming, while the reconciliation process is also tedious. Moreover, with deadlines inevitably tight at the ...
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Farmers happiness index improves from previous year
Thai farmers’ happiness index in 2018 has improved from the previous year, according to the survey by Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE). OAE secretary-general Rapheephat Chansriwong revealed on Thursday (December 19) that the OAE has surveyed and compiled the happiness index of Thai farmers nationwide ...
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NEA to use AI and Big Data to boost exports
The New Economy Academy (NEA), an agency under the Commerce Ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), says it will use AI and Big Data to promote SMEs and analyse the demand of foreign consumers based on their behaviours, trends and cultures.NEA director Nanthaphong Jiralertphong ...
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Export-Import Bank of Thailand launches New Year schemes to help SMEs
In making the announcement, the bank’s president Pisit Serewiwattana noted that the 2019 global economic and trade expansion at 10-year low rates of 3.0 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively and the prevailing low inflation and interest rates have dampened Thailand’s international trade.Keep reading ...
