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Solving Thailand’s deteriorating soil — the lifeblood of agriculture — doesn’t just require commitment from policymakers and innovative tools, but also collaboration from farmers themselves.Denuded mountains and mono-cropping, as evident in vast areas of the northern province of Nan, have brought severe soil erosion and ...

The Ministry of Public Health is joining hands with partners to promote the use of condoms in an effort to meet its target of bringing down the rate of HIV/Aids infections within the decade.Montinee Vasantiuppapokakorn, deputy director of the Aids and Sexually Transmitted Disease Division ...

Thailand is scaling back production forecasts for key agricultural commodities because of a drought, dealing a further blow to the country’s struggling economy.Rice, rubber and sugar are among the crops that help to sustain 11 million jobs, drive consumption and color the political mood of ...

A State Railway of Thailand committee has approved a maximum fare ceiling of Bt25 per person per trip for off-peak hours on the Airport Rail Link Skytrain from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phya Thai stations. The off-peak hours are from 5.30am to 7am, 10am to 5pm, ...

A pipeline stretching from central to north-east Thailand promises to “promote Thailand as an energy hub in the region” and “increase energy security”, according to the Ministry of Energy. Construction began in mid-2019, despite local communities objecting that the largely Chinese-financed project could worsen flooding ...

The novel coronavirus could lower Thailand’s nominal GDP by 0.09-0.13% if the outbreak lasts longer than three months but less than six months, says Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research).“For Thailand, the impact is moderate,” the research house under Kasikornbank said in a note. Economic damage could ...

The US$15 billion bilateral trade target between Cambodia and Thailand set for this year will not be reached, but senior officials say they are happy so far.Trade between the two countries grew by 12% in 2019 to $9.4 billion, increasing from $5 billion in 2015, ...

Thailand will auction spectrum for fifth-generation mobile services on Sunday in a sale that may generate more than $2 billion.The National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission has said it expects firms to snap up as many as 28 of the 56 licenses available. That would be ...

PTT Group executives met with Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Wednesday (February 12) to discuss the chronic drought’s likely effects on business, especially in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).PTT president and chief executive Chansin Treenuchagron said an aqueduct system is in place to supply ...

The Thai economy could be hit hard if the new coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is prolonged, Don Nakornthab, senior director at the Bank of Thailand, said on Thursday (February 13).The economy is already weighed down by the impacts of the delay in implementing the annual budget ...