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Fintech a saviour for unbanked Thais: experts
Financial technology is the key enabler for the next era of banking and financial services in Thailand, a seminar heard on Monday.Fintech would enable the 40 per cent of unbanked or underserved Thais to get access to formal financial and banking services, according to panellists ...
Asina Pornwasin
34th ASEAN Summit Marks a Milestone in Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship
Nowhere else on earth could shadow puppets, Khon, Chinese opera, contemporary dance with Hanuman riding a Segway with an Ipad in his hand, be so harmoniously combined together in one single performance than a show presented in an ASEAN Member State. That was how “Vivid ...
People’s network takes on China over Mekong
Local residents and environmentalists spent the weekend having a hot debate with the Chinese Embassy about Beijing’s utilisation and management of the Mekong River. While the embassy accused Thai media of spreading false information on China’s development projects in Southeast Asia’s longest rivers, the Thai Mekong ...
The Nation Reporter
EEC vision becomes clearer ahead of city-plan unveiling
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) will double the amount of land used for manufacturing in the three provinces it spans, the EEC Office has said. The Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO) is expecting a large inflow of private investment, its secretary general, Kanit Sangsubhan, said, ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Customs enacts urgent waste smuggling measures
The Customs Department has implemented urgent measures to prevent smuggling of electronic and plastic waste into the country after Bt17.5 million worth of the waste shipments were intercepted, the department chief said.Customs Department director-general Krissada Jinawicharana said 103 cases of smuggling the undesirable waste were ...
The Nation Reporter
High tide causes flooding in Samut Prakan
Levees were being raised higher at a sluice gate under construction in Bang Bo district on Friday after a high tide overflowed, flash flooding about 40 homes, on Thursday night.Moo 5 village of tambon Khlong Dan was flooded without warning about 7.30pm. Within 10 minutes ...
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan
Amended plant protection act ‘must take care of farmers’
Academics have called for the scope of the Plant Varieties Protection Act to be expanded to also protect farmers.Addressing a public seminar at BioThai Foundation, they said that unless the Act was drafted properly to protect farmers’ rights, the country’s agricultural sector would be taken ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Study examines links between Thai culture and cyberbullying
Chulalongkorn University and dtac recently joined hands to raise awareness of bullying in Thai society and to seek solutions to the growing incidence of cyberbullying in the country. A comprehensive research study, undertaken by Chulalongkorn University, has pinpointed strong links between aspects of Thai culture ...
Chonburi Chamber of Commerce joins forces with depa to support digital transformation of 150,000 EEC-zone SMEs
The “depa Mini Transformation Voucher EEC” seminar recently concluded successfully, with active cooperation from the Chonburi Chamber of Commerce and depa. The seminar aimed to promote the use of digital technologies among Thai SMEs in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and attracted considerable interest among ...
Supply chains re-routed to Asean
Chinese investment in the region’s manufacturing sector will intensify in the upcoming decade as China uses its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to reorientate the global supply chain towards Asean in response to its trade battle with the United States, a geopolitical expert predicts. Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat