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EEC needs 30,000 workers
The Ministry of Labour will meet with cabinet members and present a strategy to produce more skilled labourers to match demand from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) within two months after a survey found that almost 30,000 qualified workers are still required in the special ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Build it and they will come: How Thailand’s great infrastructure leap is reshaping tourism
Thailand’s great push forward on mega-transportation projects is seeing strong dividends being paid in its tourism industry, reports Bill Barnett, founder and Managing Director of hotel industry expert consultancy C9 Hotelworks.Keep reading ...
เอกอัครราชทูต เข้าเยี่ยมคารวะนายฮอร์ นัมฮง รองนายกรัฐมนตรีกัมพูชา
เมื่อวันที่ 30 พ.ค. 2018 นายปัญญรักษ์ พูลทรัพย์ เอกอัครราชทูต เข้าเยี่ยมคารวะนายฮอร์ นัมฮง รองนายกรัฐมนตรี ทั้งสองฝ่ายรับทราบความร่วมมืออันดีระหว่างทั้งสองประเทศ โดยการหารือครอบคลุมประเด็นการค้า การท่องเที่ยว การศึกษา แรงงาน และความเชื่อมโยงอ่านต่อ ...
Pollution Control Dept warns of stormwater waste
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has issued a statement warning the public to be careful of stormwater polluting water sources during the rainy season. PCD Director-General Sunee Piyapanpong has explained that rainfall at the beginning of the season will wash out wastewater and other substances that ...
Jettana Pantana
WWF looks to Asian tuna sector in ‘third wave’ global sustainability drive
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is looking to encourage large Asian tuna fleets into fishery improvement projects (FIPs), after already getting 20% of the global catch engaged in its latest sustainability drive.Keep reading ...
Tom Seaman
Thai e-retailers brace for Jack Ma's 'great durian road'
At a seminar this month to forecast Thailand’s two-way trade with China, the commerce minister, Sonthirat Sonthijirawong, hailed e-commerce as the business model that could propel the country to new heights.Keep reading ...
Marwaan Macan-Markar
Thailand to host World Gastronomy Forum
The fourth annual Forum, organised by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the Basque Culinary Centre, is taking place from May 30 to June 1 in Thailand, the first country in Asia to host the event.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand considers express visa issuance to lure foreign business
The Thai government is planning to amend its foreign business law to boost inbound investment, as it tries to stimulate economic growth to catch up with its neighbors.Keep reading ...
Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat
Experts calm Thai consumer fears over rising petrol prices
Oil experts say Thai consumers should not overreact to higher retail oil prices as they are expected to fall soon when the prices for crude drop.Manoon Siriwan, an oil expert, yesterday (May 26) told The Nation that Thai consumers should not worry much about a ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Experts expect only minor coral bleaching this year
Coral reefs in Thailand are currently facing the onset of widespread but mild coral bleaching, as some reefs in both the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand show symptoms of heat stress. Tourists are meanwhile encouraged to observe signs of coral bleaching and report them ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
