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Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek says that as of 2018, the number of Thai citizens who are aged over 60 is 12 million, or 18% of the population as a whole.She was speaking after the recent National Elderly Person Committee Meeting, at which the government ...

The cabinet has approved a package of draft ministerial regulations necessary for enhancing cooperation in water resource management and better handling of flood and drought crises, according to the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).Somkiat Prajamwong, the ONWR’s secretary-general, said several of the 11 draft ...

Becoming an aged society is a big challenge for Thailand, especially when it comes to welfare provided by existing pension schemes.According to the United Nations, a country with over 10% of its population aged 60 and older is an ageing society. When this group increases ...

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday said he will lead Thailand to drive digital development in Southeast Asia as a means to strengthen connectivity among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members.Speaking at the “Digital Thailand Big Bang 2019” in Bangkok, Prayut said ...

The water in the Mekong River has fallen to a critical level, recorded at only 1.50 metres on Tuesday, lower than previous years. Sand islands are now exposed along many sections of the waterway.Inadequate rainfall has also left many reservoirs in the province at only ...

The government is interested in adopting China’s model of tackling poverty, Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Monday.The deputy minister made the remark when he delivered a speech at a seminar about China’s economic evolution over the past seven decades, which was jointly organised ...

The president of Fisheries Association of Songkhla province, Suradej Nilubon, has said that the country’s fisheries industry will definitely be affected by the US suspension of the trade benefits for Thailand under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).This suspension will affect the Thailand’s competitive advantage ...

At public hearings ahead of the drafting of the Alternative Energy and Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2018), suggestions were heard that the plan should be consistent with the policy and goal of the Ministry of Energy to boost the usage of alternative energy to ...

The struggling Thailand economy received an unexpected whack for the year ahead yesterday (Oct 26) when US President Donald Trump suspended $1.3 billion worth of duty-free trade for Thai items, including seafood, under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme.Keep reading ...

In a few months’ time, the current Thai government’s position could be hanging in the balance. This is thanks to the country’s 3.2-trillion-baht (US$105.6 billion) fiscal 2020 budget which will have its third reading on 9 January next year. The 2020 fiscal year began on 1 ...