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Growing interest from China in Thailand’s EEC
There has been a steady stream of Chinese delegations coming to Thailand to look at business opportunities, particularly in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Most recently a group of high-ranking Chinese officials and executives met with Thai counterparts at the 6th meeting of the Joint Committee ...
Suwatchai Songwanich
Making transparent concessions
September marks a series of seismic auctions that will determine whether Thailand’s business realm will continue to be dominated by the same old oligarchs or if newcomers with big bucks could shake up the monopolistic arena. The terms of reference (ToR) for the 200-billion-baht high-speed ...
U-tapao airport renovation project to get completed by schedule: PMO minister
The renovation project of U-tapao airport will be proceeded and completed according to plan to accommodate the growth of visitors to Thailand, said Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool. He made comments on the U-tapao renovation project in Chonburi during a seminar organized for investors ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Industry minister points out people's benefits from EEC project
The Ministry of Industry opened a seminar on benefits which the people will have from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. Industry Minister Uttama Saowanayon opened the seminar in Rayong on “What Thais will benefit from EEC,” which was attended by government officials, delegates from ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Initial impact of Thailand 4.0 analysed
A new report from the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on the Thailand 4.0 initiative and the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which together have helped foreign investment levels to recover. Keep reading ...
Amata: Chinese EV firms sniff around EEC
SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, the industrial estate operator, is in talks with Chinese automotive companies that are interested in joining the government’s electric vehicle (EV) scheme in the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Japanese investors keen to join with Chinese on EEC projects, minister says
Japan plans to team up with China to invest in Thailand’s infrastructure projects, targeting the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.The move came after the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding on private-sector economic cooperation in third-world countries between China and ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand targets to connect Belt and Road Initiative and EEC to boost investment opportunities in ASEAN
Thailand aims to connect China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to accelerate more investment and trade opportunities in Asia, especially ASEAN and ACMECS, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak told almost 1,000 participants from both China and Thailand at the “Thailand-China Business Forum 2018: Comprehensive ...
Infrastructure hikes land prices
Property Developers are looking for land in four locations next to the planned Bt500-bn infrastructure network of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), say market experts.Asides from the close proximity, these areas come with the convenience of modern living including shopping areas, efficient transportation, hospitality venues, ...
Somluck Srimalee
Developers zero in on economic corridor
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) has become a new destination for property developers in anticipation of the flows of manufacturing investment and workforce into the area, according to a survey by The Nation.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee