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Fisheries body sends SOS to PM, says IUU regulations destroying Thai fishing
The National Fisheries Association of Thailand has urged the government to solve the problem of IUU (Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) that has been going on for more than six years, and has forced fishermen in 22 provinces to sell more than 2,500 fishing boats.In ...
The Nation Reporter
Political conflict, submarines top people's worries: Poll
The biggest causes of worry for the general population are ongoing political conflicts and the planned purchase of two submarines, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.The poll was conducted online on Aug 25-28 on 1,727 people throughout ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Local Covid-19 vaccine proves a success in trials on monkeys
A Chulalongkorn University doctor on Saturday announced tests of new locally produced Covid-19 vaccines on monkeys had proved successful.Head of the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Disease Health Science Centre, Dr Thiravat Hemachudha, said the latest vaccine, using proteins from tobacco leaves, had been tested ...
Mongkol Bangprapa
Central bank issues debt relief measure to slash Thais’ interest burden
The Bank of Thailand on Thursday issued a new debt relief measure aimed at reducing Thais’ interest rate burden from 16-25 per cent to 5.5-8.8 per cent.The debt consolidation measure will allow borrowers to bundle their credit card, personal and mortgage loans into one sum, ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand Plans Re-Opening for Long-Stay Visitors This Winter
Thailand is finalizing a plan that would make it possible for retired, sun-seeking Europeans to spend the upcoming winter months in the country in an effort to save its ailing tourism industry.Although the Asian nation’s borders have been closed to most foreigners since late March ...
Businesses urged to delay hiring immigrant labour to avoid Covid-19 danger
The Ministry of Public Health has asked entrepreneurs to delay hiring immigrant workers from areas where Covid-19 is spreading until the situation improves.Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, Department of Disease Control director of General Communicable Diseases, said recently that the Myanmar government had announced curfew hours from ...
The Nation Reporter
Thai business ‘must transform faster to avoid digital disruption wave’
Thai companies must speed up their digital transformation to avoid the impact of a wave of disruption within the next five years, warns a new report by Deloitte Thailand.The Covid-19 crisis will accelerate that digital transformation, the report adds.Ninety-one executives from several industries participated in ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand eyes more foreign patients as hospitals urge easier access
Thailand is to ease its novel coronavirus procedures to allow more patients from abroad to get treatment from next month, a top health official said on Thursday, after appeals from hospitals eager to treat their overseas patients.Thailand is a major hub for medical tourism, drawing ...
Finance minister: Economic fundamentals still solid amid pandemic
Thailand’s economic fundamentals and fiscal position remain strong in the face of the pandemic-induced recession and the “worst is behind us”, new Finance Minister Predee Daochai said on Wednesday.Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy shrank 12.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the sharpest drop ...
Commerce Ministry eyes Asian top-five trade ranking
The Commerce Ministry has set a goal to raise Thailand’s international trade value to Asia’s top five by 2027, up from eighth in 2019, by focusing on value-added industries such as digital, food and healthcare.To achieve the goal, Thailand would need to fetch at least ...
Phusadee Arunmas
