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The Chiang Mai World Heritage Working Group has completed its paperwork and is ready to make its submission this month to Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to make Chiang Mai a world heritage city, Woralun Boonyasurat, head of the Thai Art Department ...

MITSUBISHI Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), a unit of Daimler Trucks, yesterday announced the construction of a new assembly plant in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).The company will invest 12 million euro (Bt450 million) in a complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Rayong province, ...

SET-listed WHA Utilities and Power Plc (WHAUP) is considering massive capital spending over the next five years for utility capacity expansion to tap rising demand from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.Keep reading ...

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 ...

Thailand plans to attract leading European financial institutions to help develop a financial centre in the country’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to forge a financial link with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana held discussions with Geoff Donald, executive director of the ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday mandated that the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and the Board of Investment (BoI) jointly revise the investment target for 10 special economic zones (SEZs) to make them more attractive to investors. The two agencies met the SEZ ...

The Board of Investment’s (BOI) investment promotion measure in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is especially designed to boost targeted investment activities in designated areas in three provinces: Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong. Private sector is encouraged through this measure to involve in human resources development ...

There has been a steady stream of Chinese delegations coming to Thailand to look at business opportunities, particularly in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Most recently a group of high-ranking Chinese officials and executives met with Thai counterparts at the 6th meeting of the Joint Committee ...

September marks a series of seismic auctions that will determine whether Thailand’s business realm will continue to be dominated by the same old oligarchs or if newcomers with big bucks could shake up the monopolistic arena. The terms of reference (ToR) for the 200-billion-baht high-speed ...