The Nation

Northeastern drought stacks up Bt3 billion in damages

Damage from drought has reached an estimated Bt3 billion in the Northeast, according to report of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), while more than 800,000 rai (128,000 hectares) of farmland countrywide are thoroughly uncultivable and 10 million rai of crops will be dead standing.Keep ...

The Nation Reporter

Public Health minister vows to keep universal healthcare scheme unchanged

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed on Thursday (August 15) that the Universal Healthcare system will not be subjected to any changes that could burden people, such as the co-payment of 10 to 20 per cent of their medical bills to ease the government’s financial ...

The Nation Reporter

Belt and Road financiers to favour ‘greener’ and social projects

Financiers of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have committed to funding environmentally and socially sustainable projects, expanding on the $100 billion worth of “green” BRI projects since 2013 when the initiative was launched.In 2018, the Green Finance Committee (GFC) of the China Society for ...

Phuwit Limviphuwat

Health insurance policies to be standardised by 2021

The Office of the Insurance Commission plans to revise standards for health insurance contracts to ensure that consumers get a fair deal.Suthipol Thawichaikarn, the commission’s secretary general, said executives of private insurance firms and other concerned parties would be consulted with an eye to reducing ...

The Nation Reporter

How analysing problems pays off

Many key tourist destinations have been coping with many problems such as overcrowding, but the village Mae Kampong in Chiang Mai’s Mae On district has proved to be an exception.In fact, this popular attraction for eco-tourists has become a role model for sustainable and community-based ...

Jintana Panyaarvudh

Project succeeds in developing healthy behaviours for pre-seniors, winds down

A three-year proactive health programme that aimed to encourage Thai people over age 45 to adopt health behaviours and so help ensure the country becomes a healthy ageing society has successfully concluded. The “Pfizer Healthy Ageing Society”, programme successfully improved the physical and mental health of ...

The Nation Reporter

Sontirat plans renewed push for Napier grass energy plants

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong is pushing for the use of Napier grass as a source of energy.Speaking at a seminar on “Energy for Industries for a sustainable future” to mark the 20th anniversary of the Institute for Industrial Energy on Friday (August 9), he revealed ...

The Nation Reporter

Govt to offer courses on dairy and rice farming

The Education Ministry’s Office of the Education Council (ONEC) held a workshop on Friday to brainstorm over guidelines for providing vocational courses in rice-growing and dairy-farming to boost the qualifications and competency of workers as part of the government’s “Smart Farmers” programme under its Quick ...

The Nation Reporter

Economic slowdown leads to strict control on bank loans

The Bank of Thailand has reported that data from commercial banks in the second quarter has revealed a spike in overdue debts, and that SME loans are on the rise and have the potential of becoming non-performing loans (NPLs).Tharit Panpiamrat, senior vice president of the ...

The Nation Reporter

Govt releases white paper on IoT industry in push for digital economy

The government has launched a white paper on the Internet of Things (IoT) industry to drive the country’s digital economy.The “Thailand IoT Industry White Paper” was jointly released during a meeting on Wednesday (August 7) in Bangkok. The white paper outlines the framework of Thailand’s ...

The Nation Reporter

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