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Once a major maize plantation where farmers liberally doused farm chemicals to raise yields and reap as much as profit as they could, Ban Mai Village in Nan province has surprised many and become a role model for non-organic farming.The village at tambon Na Rai ...

Water management innovations and the resilience of local people have helped turn a flood-prone community in Rangsit’s Nong Sua district of Pathum Thani into a prototype multi-purpose water catchment area.However, severe drought presents a new challenge.Nine years ago, when the central region of Thailand was ...

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) is embarking on a joint venture to install smart meters for some 33,000 households in a move to pilot the government’s smart city initiative.MEA governor Keerapat Jiamset said on Friday (January 17) that the authority had signed a memorandum of ...

The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) said the quality of tap water has returned to normal in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakarn provinces over the weekend.MWA governor Parinya Yasamit said on Saturday (January 18) that the quality of tap water in the metropolitan area had returned ...

The World Bank has warned that Thailand’s average annual economic growth will be stuck below 3% if there is no significant increase in investment and productivity growth.The recent growth slowdown suggests long-run structural constraints, with slowing investment and low productivity growth, according to the World ...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday filed criminal charges against its own waste management officials for letting garbage trucks from a neighbouring province dump waste at a city dump site.The illegal activities have been going on for five years and were costing the city ...

The procurement of land for a special economic zone in the South will be proposed during a mobile cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Benjathip Choodum, Narathiwat’s director of strategic development and information, said the proposal for 12 projects in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat will be presented to ...

In the age of digital technology with Thais owning an average of two mobile phones each, it is time for the government to leverage technology for public benefits, said Suchatvee Suwansawat, President of the Council of Engineers Thailand, on Thursday (January 16). For instance, the government ...

Fifty residents of Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo filed a letter of complaint at the Parliament Building on Thursday (January 16) over the Army’s request to continue using Royal Forest Department woodland there for another 30 years.A community survey conducted in September found residents unanimous ...

Thailand has joined Singapore and Malaysia in Southeast Asia to enact a personal data protection law to protect the privacy rights of individuals.The country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will come into effect on 27 ...