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Fuel consumption in Thailand contracted in January, especially for jet fuel, following the return of Covid-19 in mid-December last year, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).The largest plunge was jet fuel consumption, which contracted by 82.6% to a daily average of 3.85 from ...

The Commerce Ministry has teamed up with 11 digital platforms to roll out new discount campaigns, running until Feb 28, to relieve economic hardship amid the pandemic.According to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, more than 100,000 shops are participating in the new campaign, with 1 million ...

The Commerce Ministry has pledged to speed up tackling the container shortage and open more border checkpoints to increase trade, aiming to reach the ministry’s goal of export growth of 4% this year.Speaking after the year’s first meeting of Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative ...

Thailand will import the first doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine from Asia after Europe enforced export controls, the country’s health minister said on Thursday.The European Union (EU) last week set restrictions on the export of vaccines from the bloc through to March to ensure it will ...

The Tourism Minister will discuss with the prime minister a request for 5 million doses of vaccination for the tourism industry and also push a vaccine passport measure to enable foreigners to return in the third quarter of this year.Minister for Tourism and Sports Phiphat ...

Activist Srisuwan Janya on Thursday asked the Office of the Ombudsman to forward a petition seeking a Constitutional Court ruling on whether a bill which would legalise early-stage abortions is constitutional.The Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution secretary-general handed a petition to Pol ...

New Department of Land Transport (DLT) regulations governing the minimum speed and power of electric vehicles (EVs) were published in the government gazette on Thursday.The rules apply to the engine size of electric cars, pickups, taxis, three-wheelers and motorcycles.The first category covers inter-provincial service vehicles ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) suggests the government make Covid-19 vaccination a national agenda, with the tourism sector the first to receive vaccines as soon as July.People working in the tourism industry should be receive in the first priority grouping ...

Thailand is urgently tackling a saltwater intrusion problem after the amount of sodium in tap water exceeded the standard level.The president of a subcommittee in charge of managing the Chao Phraya, Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan water basins, Weerakorn Khamprakob, said sodium in tap water ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCID) estimated on Wednesday that the Thai economy would grow 1.5-3.5 per cent this year.In addition, exports are likely to grow by 3-5 per cent, while inflation is hoped to be at most 1 per cent.The ...