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Hungarian model for water management adopted for Mekong River
Thailand and Hungary have established a cooperation to adopt the Danube River’s water management strategy for the Mekong River.Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya revealed he has visited Hungary and discussed the water management cooperation with the Hungarian government, which has agreed to develop five joint ...
Rights advocates worry cyber bills a major threat
New cybersecurity and data protection bills are being pushed through with little oversight because of sweeping state powers, warn rights defenders and privacy experts. A core concern is the provision that would allow seizure of computers and servers without a court order. Critics say the ...
Asina Pornwasin
Thailand reveals plans for ‘ASEAN’s biggest digital innovation hub’
Thailand is set to launch Digital Park Thailand, which its says will be the biggest digital innovation hub in Southeast Asia.The mega project is designed to create an ecosystem to drive ideas and innovation for development by providing access to tools, resources, and networks, according ...
Rice bill critics not clued up on latest draft, says minister
Deputy Commerce Minister Chutima Bunyapraphasara tried Tuesday to placate opponents of the controversial rice bill, saying critics are mistakenly commenting on the previous draft, not the recently updated version. “Efforts have been made to present confusing and not-up-to-date information [about the bill] to the public ...
Phusadee Arunmas
The legalisation of marijuana for medical purposes, is now in effect
Grass, pot, ganja, marijuana cannabis. Whatever you want to call it, it can now be grown legally in Thailand and used in medical and scientific applications with the consent of the authorities, under strict guidelines.The Narcotics Act 2562, which seeks to amend specific provisions of ...
No quick gains seen from chairing Asean
While the Thai government has a list of up to 12 economic deliverables as it chairs Asean this year, business leaders are not sure its work this year will benefit the private sector in the near future.Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Foreign investors upbeat over Thailand's prospects
Foreign investors are still confident about Thai economic prospects, but fret over the connectivity between the current government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and related infrastructure developments, anti-corruption policy and the direction of free trade agreements (FTAs). Keep reading ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Thailand tops global digital rankings
Thailand ranked No.1 for mobile banking users, second for ownership of cryptocurrency, and third in mobile commerce, according to the Global Digital Report 2019. Conducted by social media management platform Hootsuite and global agency WeAreSocial, the Global Digital Report 2019 found there are 49 million ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
Cabinet endorses emergency fund
The Cabinet on Monday addressed a proposed ministerial regulation to do with emergency security funds.Col Athisit Chainuwat , assistant spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister, said cabinet ministers had approved in principle a bill governing the disbursement of emergency security funds proposed by ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
New ministry to be established to oversee science research
The government is keen to establish a new ministry to boost science and innovation research. Education Minister Udom Kachintorn said Monday that the Ministry of Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science will enable the country to be developed according to strategies outlined in the 20-year ...