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Experts call for uniform air quality indicator in Asean ahead of transboundary talks in S’pore
The need for a common indicator to track air quality in South-east Asia has become more urgent, with drier weather conditions and the likelihood of the warmer El Nino weather phenomenon developing in the coming months.This call from experts comes as Singapore is set to ...
10 million tourists arrive in Thailand since January
Almost 10 million foreign tourists have visited Thailand this year, generating 391 billion baht in revenue, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Saturday.Tourist arrivals between January 1 and May 15 totalled 9.47 million, Traisulee said. Most were from East, South, and Southeast, she added.The ...
The Nation Reporter
Ministry preps plans for farm production, prices
The Commerce Ministry pledges to handle agricultural production and price management, especially for cassava and palm oil, as the income guarantee scheme for these crops was not extended, awaiting the new government’s policy. Udom Srisomsong, deputy director-general of the Internal Trade Department, said the agency has ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand seeks investment in energy transition
Thailand is actively promoting its pioneering role in the regional energy transition in the context of a strong energy transition wave emerging globally.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Future Energy Asia and Future Mobility Asia Summit on May 17, Veerapat Kiatfuengfoo, Deputy Permanent Secretary ...
What Thailand’s election of a radical new government means for science
Thai voters backed radical reform at last Sunday’s general election, handing victory to the Move Forward Party, a youth-oriented party advocating for wholesale changes to the nation’s bureaucracy, economy, military and monarchy. The election result comes as the country is pursuing plans to move from a ...
Tourism to limit economic pain as new government awaited
Thailand has not been spared the political uncertainty that usually comes with elections, yet foreign tourists returning by the millions this year are counted on to help shield Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. The influx of visitors — totalling 6.5 million in the first quarter of 2023 ...
Thailand eyes 3 deals by 2024
Thailand wants to conclude free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Free Trade Association (Efta), Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the middle of next year to improve trade and investment. The Thai-Sri Lankan FTA is of particular interest in terms of location, ...
Phusadee Arunmas
BOT likely to take steps to contain Thai household debt as total exceeds THB15.09 trillion
Thai household debt rose to 15.09 trillion baht at the end of last year, after a 180-billion baht increase in the fourth quarter of 2022.However, the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio saw a marginal quarter-on-quarter decline from 87% to 86.9% in the fourth quarter of ...
The Nation Reporter
Economists anticipate 0.25% hike
Local economists are predicting the Bank of Thailand will increase its policy rate to a terminal level of 2% this month after estimating the Fed’s funds rate has already peaked.According to ttb analytics, the research centre of TMBThanachart Bank (ttb), the central bank’s Monetary Policy ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
Thailand Begins Early Voting Ahead of General Election
More than two million Thais who registered for early voting began casting their ballots Sunday ahead of next week’s general election, with opposition parties projected to win a majority. The vote is taking place amid an intensifying struggle for power in Thailand. The May 14 election ...