National News Bureau of Thailand

Trade between ASEAN, dialogue partners up 13% in 2017

ASEAN recorded a 13 percent increase in trade with dialogue partner countries last year, with China declared the top trader in the region. Director-General of the Department of Trade Negotiations Auramon Supthaweethum revealed today that the ASEAN Secretariat has released a report on the value ...

Surapan Laotharanarit

Thailand to apply for World Heritage Committee membership

Thailand is preparing to send its representative to attend the World Heritage Committee at the 22nd session of the General Assembly of State Parties to the World Heritage Convention in France. Deputy Prime Minister Gen.Prawit Wongsuwon, presided over a meeting of the National Committee on ...

Suwit Rattiwan

Nakhon Phanom promotes local biotech industry

Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is promoting the biotech industry of Nakhon Phanom province, with the aim of enhancing the quality of herbal products. The NSTDA has piloted a factory in Nakhon Phanom that can cultivate high-value crops and plant compounds. The ...

Benjamin Rujopakarn

Social welfare cardholders to be exempted from VAT

The Ministry of Finance will seek cabinet approval for its latest scheme to exempt social welfare cardholders from the value-added tax (VAT). Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said today (Sep 09) that the new scheme will help 11.4 million low-income earners enrolled in the social welfare ...

Thammarat Thadaphrom

Thailand launches food loss and waste reduction campaign

The Thai government has joined hands with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Japan to find measures to help reduce food loss and waste, while promoting sustainable agricultural development. The Assistant to the Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Rapibhat Chandarasrivongs, attended the launch ...

Tanakorn Sangiam

Thailand & Laos discuss reducing trade and investment barriers

Thailand and Laos have engaged in negotiations to reduce trade and investment barriers, with the aim of creating a logistics network that will boost bilateral trade to 11 billion US dollars by 2021, up from 6.1 billion dollars last year. Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, today ...

Benjamin Rujopakarn

Two private companies given green light for SEZs investment

Two private companies have been given permission to invest in special economic zones (SEZs) in Tak and Kanchanburi provinces. The SEZ development policy committee gave the nod to the two companies, the names of which have yet to be revealed, during a meeting presided over ...

Nuppol Suvansombut

Regional development committee approves budget for regional development

The committee on integrated regional development policies has approved 28 billion baht in funding for provinces and provincial clusters in the 2020 fiscal budget, as Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha emphasizes adherence to national policies. Keep reading ...

Benjamin Rujopakarn

Cabinet gives approval to election laws, appointments, funding

The Cabinet has approved six more draft laws concerning local elections, and has forwarded them to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) with the Prime Minister saying that more clarity will be achieved once the laws are put into effect, including clarity on his political future. ...

Itiporn Lakarnchua

Labor and migrant rights groups press for legislation on labor

Civil organizations concerned with basic human rights for migrants have called on the government to move forward with its deliberations on the Forced Labor Protection and Eradication Act draft, to ensure greater care for laborers in the future. Keep reading ...

Suwit Rattiwan

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