Lofty goal set for R&D spending
The government aims to accelerate the country’s R&D spending to 2.2% of GDP in seven years to improve economic development and reduce social disparity in the face of future uncertainty.
“We are on a roadmap to become an innovation country as we are scaling up efforts to improve competitiveness in science and technology,” said Anek Laothamatas, the higher education, science, research and innovation minister, at the opening ceremony of the Innovation Thailand Forum 2021 on Friday.
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
