Investment policy and regulations

Best Logistics Technology, a Chinese comprehensive logistics supply chain service based in Zhejiang, is committed to investing 5 billion baht to develop logistics technology in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Keep reading ...

Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) offers a range of tax and non-tax incentives to foreign companies making investments that are deemed highly beneficial to the Thai economy.In 2015, the BOI announced a new seven-year investment promotion strategy (2015-2021) that offers special privileges to foreign investors. ...

For the past year no visitor to Thailand on government business has been spared the pre-sales spiel on the country’s plans to develop its eastern seaboard into a major economic corridor. With the Eastern Economic Corridor Development Act  (EECDA) coming into effect mid last month ...

The Thai government is planning to amend its foreign business law to boost inbound investment, as it tries to stimulate economic growth to catch up with its neighbors.Keep reading ...

The Mekong Delta once sheltered Viet Cong guerrillas as they battled U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Today the area is the country’s “rice bowl,” providing half of the national rice supply. It is also becoming an increasingly attractive investment destination for domestic and foreign ...

Chinese business giant Alibaba has shown interest in setting up a Smart Digital Hub in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) with company president Jack Ma expected to engage in talks with the government this week. Keep reading ...

Thailand is considering opening some businesses in the service industry to more foreign investment, the Bangkok Post reported on Monday (March 26). A panel overseeing the review will meet on Thursday to decide the types of service businesses that will be opened up to foreign ...

Investment drawn to the proposed Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) could push the country’s economic growth rate above 5 percent by 2021, Siam Commercial Bank’s Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC) said.Keep reading ...

After the government of the National Council for Peace and Order has issued the Special Economic Zone Development Policy Board Announcement No. 1/2015, specifying the areas for special economic development zones (the Special Economic Development Zone Policy Board Announcement No. 1/2015. In July 2015, the ...

Major General Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Deputy Spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, revealed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Head of National Council for Peace and Order, gave a speech at the start of the cabinet meeting. He assigned the BOI to consider current ...