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Exports dropped by 4.5% year-on-year in October to US$20.8 billion, bringing the contraction in first 10 months of 2019 to 2.35% with a negative outlook, according to the Commerce Ministry.Pimchanok Vonkorporn, director-general of the ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, attributed the significant decline to ...

A free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU is likely to stimulate not only exports but imports and investment as well, helping to raise Thailand’s GDP by 1.63% a year, says a joint study by the Trade Negotiations Department and the Institute of Future Studies ...

Severe to extreme drought is expected to hit countries in the lower Mekong basin from now until January 2020, warns the Mekong River Commission. Thailand and Cambodia would be hardest hit compared to Lao PDR and Viet Nam.    Preliminary analysis of MRC’s data has shown that ...

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude has rattled the centre and north of the country this morning. The epicentre of the tremors was around northern Nan province, on the Laos border.At this stage there has been no immediate reports of casualties or damage although The Thaiger ...

Thailand and Myanmar signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cross-border transport during a recent Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) conference, Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam said on Wednesday.The signing took place at the 23rd GMS meeting in Phnom Penh on Monday.The MoU is part of ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will use a “preliminary environmental checklist” to review proposals about the construction of seawalls to prevent coastal erosion.The checklist will be designed in such a way that clearly outlines major environmental concerns which applicants need to address in ...

The national e-payment roadmap for 2020 prioritises cross-border payments and fund transfers, aiming to boost financial transactions via the digital platform across Asean and deepening integration of the regional bloc.Under the three-year national e-payment roadmap through 2022, cross-border transactions are the focus next year. Financial ...

The government is trying to find ways to help workers who have been laid off after nearly 1,400 factories closed down during the past 11 months, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.The government also pointed to more than 2,000 new factories having opened over ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Thailand is still in the early stages, with chatbot, robotic process automation (RPA) and consumer segmentation among the top targets for businesses, according to a survey by IMC Institute, a tech research and training organisation.“Businesses in Thailand have high awareness ...

Thailand has been ranked sixth among 195 countries providing the strongest health security, according to research by John Hopkins University, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.This was announced at the Global Health Security Agenda Steering Group Meeting on November 13 at the office of the ...