Disasters and emergency response

The Finance Ministry is preparing to provide a financial remedy to 137,000 government contract employees to help with the cost of living, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).The government previously rolled out financial remedy measures to assist different groups affected by the pandemic crisis, including ...

The Marine Department has implemented more relaxed regulations for cargo vessels calling at seaports, to help mitigate the shortage of shipping containers, ensuring capacity for an expected post-COVID-19 trade growth.Keep watching ...

A majority of people are satisfied with relief measures taken by the government to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but say there are too many conditions attached, according to an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.The poll ...

Thailand’s cross-border trade is expected to recover to growth of 3-6% this year, helped by Covid-19 vaccine distribution and the global economic recovery.According to Keerati Rushchano, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, cross-border trade, which includes transit trade, is likely to generate 1.36 to 1.40 ...

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is pressing the government to address impact on liquidity from the COVID-19 situation in the business sector, arguing it will speed up economic recovery.Senior Director of Macro Economics at the BoT Chayawadee Chai-Anant pointed out that measures focused on triggering ...

Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) in January rose by 6.03% to 101.82 from 96.03 points in December amid the new Covid-19 outbreak as officials expect better economic prospects in the months ahead following the recent delivery of vaccines.Plastic bead manufacturing, which increased by 10.8% year-on-year, ...

The damage from the second wave of the pandemic persists for the tourism industry, as an estimate suggests there will be 44% fewer domestic trips during the Buddhist festival holiday which begins on Friday, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said ...

Three key economic stimulus packages — the co-payment subsidy scheme, We Win financial aid programme and the Section 33 We Love Each Other programme — are instrumental to shoring up the country’s economy, boosting the country’s economic growth by a combined 1.76 percentage points this ...

The unemployment rate fell in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the third quarter, as an easing of Covid-19 curbs led to a revival in economic activity, but a recent rise in infections poses a risk, the state planning agency said on Tuesday.The unemployment rate ...

Thailand’s economy slowed in January from the previous month as the recent coronavirus outbreak hit domestic activity but the start of the country’s vaccination drive should spur confidence and tourism, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.The country has received its first vaccines against Covid-19, with ...