Investment

With large-scale industries reluctant to invest in the border special economic zones (SEZs), Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has assigned government agencies to come up with more measures and incentives to draw investment from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Keep reading ...

The new government will be asked to extend the Board of Investment’s promotional investment packages for the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme for another year.Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said the office will submit a proposal to extend the privilege packages, which ...

Capital market regulators and the Investment Analysts Association (IAA) are working together to produce securities research to enhance investment information, aiming to cover about 100 fundamental securities for small and mid-sized listed companies within three years.Keep reading ...

Political sector remains pivotal to investment climate, prompting the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations to suggest that investors diversify their portfolio in such volatile situation. However, the federation is confident that the stock index would hit a record high at 1800 this year.Keep reading ...

To promote Thai investment abroad, all sectors must help one another boost competitiveness. However, it is necessary to invest in what that country needs, which will help strengthen the Thai business sector.Keep watching ...

Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is slated to become an arterial node for trade, investment, and regional transportation, besides also serving as a strategic gateway to the Southeast Asian region. Stretching a total area of 13,000 square kilometres – encompassing the eastern provinces of Rayong, ...

The Board of Investment (BoI) yesterday approved five investment projects worth a total of Bt40.462 billion during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.The highest investment proposal comes from a Chinese investor, Ju Xunning, who plans to invest Bt10.061 billion to establish a car ...

Since late 2018, we have already seen signs of global economic slowdown. Financial markets have been fluctuating. Among the factors are the downshifting of the US economy which led to weakened US dollar. The prolonged US-China trade war has troubled Thai exports for quite sometime. ...

Foreign investors are still confident about Thai economic prospects, but fret over the connectivity between the current government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and related infrastructure developments, anti-corruption policy and the direction of free trade agreements (FTAs). Keep reading ...

Thailand’s investment is expected to grow by 10% in 2020, largely driven by outlays to the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said investment in the corridor is expected to become vibrant in 2020, with the growth rate ...