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Public Health Ministry launches anti-depression campaign to mark National Mental Health Week
In a move to mark National Mental Health Week (November 1 to 7), Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul along with his deputy Satit Pitutacha and the Department of Mental Health launched a campaign called “Thai Public Health No One Left Behind”.The aim of the ...
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Anti-Fake News Centre in action
The Anti-Fake News Centre, set up by the Digital Economy and Society Ministry at the TOT headoffice on Changwattana Road, was inaugurated today (November 1).Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta says the centre targets fake news that would trigger a large-scale impact on the general public and their ...
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Scheme slotted for November
The Energy Ministry expects to conclude the business model and details of the Energy for All scheme for community-owned power projects by mid-November.Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said some pilot projects under the scheme will begin development and operation over the next couple of years.Keep reading ...
Yuthana Praiwan
Bloc optimistic on RCEP deal
The 10 Asean member countries and six trading partners remain optimistic about making a breakthrough on the long-delayed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal during the 35th Asean Summit in Bangkok, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.Keep reading ...
Phusadee Arunmas
China’s Mekong ambitions cause concern for Thai locals (Video)
The Mekong River is possibly the most important waterway in Southeast Asia. It feeds 60 million people in six countries and there have been long-standing concerns that China is trying to control it. China recently halted plans in March to blast rapids along the river ...
Yuki Tsang
Access to Free Education and Healthcare Far From Equal, Expert Says
Despite being officially “free of charge,” education and universal healthcare in Thailand are still out of reach for many, an economist argued in a new book released earlier this week.Teachers and doctors are still mostly concentrated in Bangkok and major cities, leaving students and patients ...
Pravit Rojanaphruk
Industry Ministry upbeat on EEC investment
The Industry Ministry forecasts investment flows in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to begin from 2020, largely into the 12 targeted industries after the government begins to develop five megaprojects in the corridor.There is some progress on the Map Ta Phut seaport, high-speed railway linking ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Thailand's internet economy 'healthy' but lags in digital adoption
Thailand’s internet economy is growing at “a healthy clip”, from US$6 billion in 2015 to US$16 billion in 2019, but the country still lags behind regional peers in digital adoption and digitalisation, a report by Maybank Kim Eng said on Thursday.The report, titled ‘Disruption Watch ...
Thailand Seeks US Talks After Trade Privileges Loss
Thailand plans to seek talks with the United States on a decision to end preferential trade privileges on a range of Thai exports including seafood, officials said Monday.Keerati Rushchano, acting director-general of the Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department, said his office has been warning exporters ...
Associated Press
NIA aims to bridge govt-start-ups divide to create national innovations
The lack of coordination between the government and private sector and the complexity and strictness of the government’s working system, especially the procurement system, are barriers that impede the private sector, particularly start-ups, from creating national innovations, National Innovation Association (NIA) deputy director of corporate ...
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