Bangkok Post

Mekong summit begins Wednesday

The prime ministers of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam will endorse a declaration to strengthen joints efforts and partnerships in the region during the 3rd Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit starting Wednesday (April, 4) Keep reading  ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Fishing sector 'shipshape' ahead of EU scrutiny

In a bid to get the European Union’s yellow card lifted from the lucrative fishery sector, Thai authorities have completed the registrstion of migration workers ahead of a visit by an EU inspection team.Keep reading ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Prayut highlights transport network as key to Mekong growth

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha highlighted transport connectivity as being part of the development plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) at the bloc’s summit meeting in Vietnam on March, 31.Keep reading ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Wastewater treatment fee plan resurfaces, 15 years on

City Hall has dusted off a draft regulation to impose a wastewater treatment fee on Bangkok residents, 15 years after it was first flagged. Like it or not, the regulation is expected to win approval by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) executives by the end ...

Supoj Wancharoen

Mekong leaders call for $66bn in investment

The leaders of six countries along the Mekong River  adopted an ambitious investment plan worth US$66 billion over the next five years. At least $7 billion will come from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the rest from governments and the private sector, they said.Keep ...

The Associated Press

Phuket 'has the smarts' for hi-tech

Digital equipment and high-speed internet spots have been set up in Phuket as part of its bid to make the island province a smart city. Phuket provincial governor Thavornwat Kongkaew called a meeting on Thurday (March, 29) attended by state agencies, the National Electronics and ...

Achadtaya Chuenniran

Rice exports up but may lose momentum

Thai rice exports in the first two months of 2018 rose 10% year-on-year by volume to 1.91 million tonnes and 16.1% in baht value to 30.32 billion baht but orders are falling due to the strong baht.Keep reading ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Give renewable energy a chance

The Minister of Energy announced this week the government will stop purchasing electricity from renewable power projects for the next five years. The reasoning is that such projects have caused retail electricity tariffs to jump by 20-25 satangs per unit, and that the electricity system ...

Sopitsuda Tongsopit

Asia's energy challenge

Asia’s rapid development over the past four decades has transformed the region’s stature in the world economy, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and creating new opportunities for future prosperity. Keep reading ...

Tanyatorn Tongwaranan

Is Bangkok savvy enough to become a 'smart city'?

The “smart city” has become a new buzzword for development policy in the Thailand 4.0 initiative, which would see big cities in the country like Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and the Eastern Economic Corridor, transformed into technology hubs.Keep reading ...

Anchalee Kongrut

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