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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declared on Friday that Asean and six dialogue partners should wrap up talks on the long-overdue Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by this November.Keep reading ...

Giant retailers, plastic manufacturing titans, and department stores reached an agreement on Friday to stop handing out single-use plastic bags to customers starting early next year.“This cooperation will help Thailand leave the list of major generators of waste and sea garbage,” Varawut Silpa-archa, the environment ...

Thailand’s packaging and printing industries are shifting to produce bio-flexible packaging products in line with the government’s policy to ban plastic packaging in the future, says the Thai Packaging Association.Keep reading ...

The new company formed by the merger of TOT Plc and CAT Telecom is expected to start operating by the second quarter of next year, says the Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry.Keep reading ...

Thailand will on Thursday discuss with Cambodia the issue involving the energy-rich overlapping marine territory claimed by both countries on the sidelines of the ongoing meeting of Asean energy ministers, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong says.Keep reading ...

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is considering offering free electricity to local communities and villages around power plants nationwide, in line with an assignment from Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijarawong.Keep reading ...

Even though cash remains the preferred mode of payment in Thailand, its share is on a gradual decline in light of efforts by the government to promote electronic payments under its National e-Payment Master Plan, according to a report by the data and analytics company ...

Floods remain in seven provinces and heavy rain is forecast to continue due to the influence of departing storm Kajiki.Chayaphol Thitisak, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, on Wednesday reported flooding in Amnat Charoen, Khon Kaen, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Roi Et, Ubon Ratchathani ...

A senior labour official has dismissed concerns that the government’s employee compensation fund is running out of money to provide financial aid following a spike in unemployment.Department of Labour Protection and Welfare chief, Wiwat Tanhong, said the fund does not have any liquidity problem and ...

Thailand and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on transnational issues, including drug smuggling, the repatriation of Myanmar refugees, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).The issues were discussed at the 7th Thai-Myanmar High Level Committee (HLC) meeting, which was held in Bangkok ...