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Southeast Asia's strongest currency baht fights own success
Thailand is trying to coax the baht down from six-year high territory as the currency’s strength threatens local manufacturing and tourism.The central bank has cut interest rates and eased capital controls to rein in emerging Asia’s best-performing currency this year.Keep reading ...
ASEAN needs more women in the energy sector
Southeast Asia has shown an improvement in the number of women in leadership roles. The Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore are leading in having the most women holding senior management positions, based on a 2019 report by Grant Thornton, ‘Women in Business’. However, women representation decreases ...
Liyana Hasnan
Artificial intelligence to be used in diagnosis of lung disease
Siriraj Hospital yesterday (November 12) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Perceptra, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, for joint research into and development of medical AI which can help doctors read chest x-rays, Prof Dr. Prasit Watanapa, the dean of faculty of medicine Siriraj ...
The Nation Reporter
Meet pushes for set-up of digital investment agency
The government should set up an office dedicated to promoting investment in digital business in Thailand, said Digital Council of Thailand’s chairman Suphachai Chearavanont, after a meeting between the council and the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Thailand yesterday (November ...
The Nation Reporter
Call for turning factory waste into fertilisers
Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation has instructed related agencies and farmers in Kanchanaburi to produce organic fertilisers with filter cake waste from sugar factories in the province, citing Yuamanpong fertiliser factory as ...
The Nation Reporter
Fuel tariff to be frozen until April
The fuel tariff (Ft) rate will be frozen at 3.64 baht per kilowatt-hour for another four months from January to April next year, marking a 16-month period at the same rate, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) wants to avoid power prices burdening consumers during ...
Yuthana Praiwan
Customs reports tax shortfall
The Customs Department’s tax revenue collection missed its target by 1.1% in the first month of fiscal 2020.The tax-collecting agency in October gathered 52.1 billion baht, of which 8.7 billion was the Customs Department’s revenue and the remainder was revenue the department collected on behalf ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Govt backs 'No Plastic' push
The cabinet has given the greenlight to a “No Plastic” campaign which will start on Jan 1 next year ahead of a ban on single-use plastic bags in 2021.Speaking after the cabinet meeting in Kanchanaburi on Tuesday, Government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat said the cabinet has ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Over 1,300 factories were up for sale or out of business in first 10 months of 2019
There were 1,339 factories with 34,569 employees and a total investment of approximately Bt56.9 billion registered for sale or out of business in the first 10 months of 2019, according to the Industry Ministry.The factories were classified into 21 industrial groups including crop products, food, ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice on drought worries
The Thai government has asked farmers in 22 provinces to not grow off-season rice, as the country braced for a dry spell amid low water levels in main reservoirs.Thailand, the world’s second-largest rice exporter after India, will not have enough water to grow the crop ...
Panarat Thepgumpanat