Bangkok Post
Debt event offers relief for those hit by Covid-19
The government has rolled out a debt mediation programme for debtors having problems repaying debts in light of Covid-19.Deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed various agencies to help debtors by preventing them from missing repayments and suffering from its ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Foreign e-service firms liable for VAT
Starting on Sept 1, overseas businesses providing online services in Thailand will be required to register for the 7% value-added tax (VAT) liability if their annual income exceeds 1.8 million baht, according to a Revenue Department official.The e-service tax has been approved by parliament and ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Prayut calls for action on sea pollution
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered officials to be diligent in solving the kingdom’s rubbish problem after acknowledging that about 40% of waste went into the ocean last year, according to Traisuree Taisaranakul, deputy government spokeswoman.The prime minister yesterday voiced his concerns after being briefed ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
State plan to aid e-commerce
The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) is gearing up to develop digital infrastructure, upgrade e-transaction rules, improve e-transaction system standards and promote digital knowledge among the public as part of its 2021-22 strategic plan.The draft plan was revealed when ETDA recently held an online conference ...
Komsan Tortermvasana
Govt to set up innovation centre in EEC
The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with SIASUN, China’s leading robotics and automation company, to jointly develop an innovation centre in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi).The MoU, which the NSTDA signed with the company’s ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thai vaccine human trials to begin in March
Thailand will begin clinical trials of a locally developed Covid-19 vaccine in March, making it the nation’s first inoculation programme to enter human trials.The programme, led by the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, Mahidol University and the Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health, started its research mid-2020 ...
Informal workers to receive 40% off SSF
The cabinet is expected to next week endorse a proposal to offer workers in the informal economy under the social security system a 40% discount on the monthly contribution to the Social Security Fund (SSF) for a period of six months.The proposed Covid-19 relief measure ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Home loan help for lower earners
More than half of this year’s new housing loan target of 215 billion baht will be provided with low interest rates to help low-income earners to purchase their own homes, says GH Bank.State-owned GH Bank plans to offer low-interest housing loans to low-income earners under ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Regulator to shift oversight of ICOs to Securities Act
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to transfer oversight of initial coin offerings (ICOs) for investment and utility tokens to the Securities Act in order to remove regulatory overlap and promote digital assets.Nopnuanparn Pavasant, director of the Fintech Department at the SEC, said the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Govt targets 30% electric-car production to tackle pollution
Thailand will target having electric vehicles account for 30% of car production by the end of the decade, as part of efforts to tackle toxic air pollution.The government wants to “accelerate the use and production of electric vehicles, with national strategies focusing on the environment ...
