Bangkok Post
Coronavirus deals severe blow to tourism industry
Thai tour operators are weathering the storm after China imposed travel restrictions on group tours until late next month in a move to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation has declared a global emergency.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Drought cuts Thai sugar output to 9-year low
Sugar production in Thailand is expected to fall 28% to a nine-year low of 10.5 million tonnes in the current crop season as drought curtails cane supplies, according to Rangsit Hiangrat, director-general of Thai Sugar Millers Corp.The reduced production for 2019-20 will limit shipments from ...
Thai doctors say two drug groups effective on patient
Thai doctors have declared the use of anti-flu and AIDS drugs a success in reducing symptoms of coronavirus patients after using them on a Chinese woman.Two doctors from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok — Dr Kriangsak Atipornwanich, an expert physician, and Assoc Prof Dr Subsai Kongsangdao, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Mekong action results in huge haul of drugs
More than 32 million methamphetamine pills have been seized thanks to a two-month-long coordinated anti-drug campaign by countries in the Mekong Delta, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).The joint campaign was implemented in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia since December, and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Human transmission of coronavirus confirmed in Thailand
Thailand has seen its first case of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus inside the country, a senior Public Health official said on Friday.The patient is a Thai taxi driver, Tanarak Pipat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Friday. “The Thai ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Waste plastic imports 'to be banned'
Authorities plan to ban the import of all electronic and plastic waste next year, in a move to improve garbage management.The ban was announced by a new subcommittee on the two garbage types, led by National Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, who yesterday said ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Cabinet OKs measures to stimulate investment
Fresh incentives meant to spur private investment of 110 billion baht and add 0.25 percentage points to economic growth sailed through the cabinet on Tuesday.The measures include a corporate income tax deduction of 2.5 times expenditure on machinery, a one-year tax exemption for importing new ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cross-border commerce falls short
Cross-border trade fell by 3.4% in 2019, weighed down by the strong baht, volatile foreign exchange and the prolonged trade war.The Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department said on Tuesday that the country’s overall cross-border trade, including transit trade, amounted to 1.337 trillion baht, falling short ...
Phusadee Arunmas
International Education in Thailand – 30 years on
The years 1980 -97 can be regarded as Thailand’s golden years economically when the country had one of the fastest growing economies in the world and growth reaching over 13 percent. These were also the years when Thailand embraced international education, with increasing numbers of ...
Steps planned to boost consumption, tourism
The government plans to introduce additional measures next month to boost consumption and tourism, its finance minister said on Tuesday, as it tries to shore up a faltering economy potentially facing a sharp blow from the coronavirus in China.Tourism, a key growth driver and previously ...
