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Farmers happiness index improves from previous year
Thai farmers’ happiness index in 2018 has improved from the previous year, according to the survey by Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE). OAE secretary-general Rapheephat Chansriwong revealed on Thursday (December 19) that the OAE has surveyed and compiled the happiness index of Thai farmers nationwide ...
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NEA to use AI and Big Data to boost exports
The New Economy Academy (NEA), an agency under the Commerce Ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), says it will use AI and Big Data to promote SMEs and analyse the demand of foreign consumers based on their behaviours, trends and cultures.NEA director Nanthaphong Jiralertphong ...
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Export-Import Bank of Thailand launches New Year schemes to help SMEs
In making the announcement, the bank’s president Pisit Serewiwattana noted that the 2019 global economic and trade expansion at 10-year low rates of 3.0 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively and the prevailing low inflation and interest rates have dampened Thailand’s international trade.Keep reading ...
MoU signed for lowering of green house gas emission
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) on December 18 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan’s Dowa Eco-System Co Ltd (DES) for the fluorocarbons (FCs) management project of the Ministry of the Environment.The signing is related to the Japan government’s help in improving ...
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5G to improve quality of life: Deputy PM
The adoption of 5G wireless broadband technology will bring social and economic benefit to Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Wednesday (December 18).Prawit was presiding over the event “5G The New BEGINNING to change Thailand’s economic landscape”, co-hosted by Krungthep Turakit newspaper, The ...
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Household debts slow but remain high
Commenting on the news that S&P Global Ratings had upgraded its outlook on Thailand’s sovereign credit rating to positive from stable for the first time in 9 years, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said after the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (December ...
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Villagers sue to void licence of TPI's coal-power plant
About 50 villagers from Mittraphap and Muak Lek sub-districts in Saraburi province filed a lawsuit against TPI Polene Power Plc, seeking a revocation of the company’s licence of a 150-megawatt coal-power plant, at the Central Administrative Court on Monday (December 16).The villagers said the Environmental ...
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Mobile clinics help farmers overcome problems
The Department of Agriculture Extension has announced it will organise four more mobile agricultural clinics to help farmers deal with a range of issues including pests and plant disease as well as climate change. More than 100,000 farmers used this service in 2019.“This project will ...
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Department of Health suggests wearing masks to protect against PM 2.5
With the PM 2.5 dust particle value once again exceeding the standard in Bangkok and surrounding areas, Department of Health director-general Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn predicted on Thursday (December 12) that the air pollution would escalate this weekend.“Currently the PM 2.5 level is at 101-200 by ...
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Water agency to pursue new strategies amid climate change challenge
The country’s top water resources agency is considering applying environmental measures in water management strategy to cope with climate change in keeping with the agenda of a recent UN meeting.Secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), Dr Somkiat Prajamwong, said on Thursday ...
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