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Survival depends on literacy

Enhancing digital literacy and pursuing a customer-centric experience are necessary as businesses adapt to new behaviour during the pandemic, particularly with travel restrictions and changes in supply chains.Thailand is migrating from the phase of self-quarantine and stringent lockdown measures to gradually resuming operations under social ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Tourism sector looks to resume domestic trips

The tourism sector is unfazed by the possible extension of the emergency decree, with operators saying their businesses are flexible and it will not interrupt the goal to kick-start domestic travel nationwide in June.The Tourism and Sports Ministry is planning to discuss with the prime ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Thai National Security Council says curfew may possibly be “loosened” in future phases

Earlier today, the Thai National Security Council announced they would support continuing the current Emergency Decree to the end of June, although any final official decision would not happen until a Thai Cabinet meeting on Tuesday of next week.Speaking with associated Thai press this afternoon, ...

Adam Judd

2020 online trade set to hit B220bn

Thailand’s e-commerce, excluding business-to-business engagement, is expected to grow 35% to 220 billion baht in 2020, driven by the coronavirus outbreak, says Priceza, a price comparison shopping website.Meanwhile, the competition between social commerce and e-marketplaces is expected to intensify.“In the post-Covid-19 world, the online channel ...

Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk

Covid-19 casts two spells on Thai economy

The Thai economy contracted by 1.8 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year or shrank by 2.2 per cent from the previous quarter after seasonal adjustment, the National Economic and Social Development Council has said.This recession was driven by the ...

BoI, state banks extend helping hand to firms hit hard by Covid-19

The Board of Investment (BoI) will join hands with two state-backed banks to help entrepreneurs affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, BoI secretary-general Duangjai Asawachintachit has said.“BoI will work with Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand [SME D Bank] and Export-Import Bank of Thailand ...

The Nation Reporter

Education Ministry hiring 10,000 asst teachers during virus crisis

The Education Ministry will hire 10,000 assistant teachers for primary schools as a way of helping unemployed educators amid the Covid-19 crisis.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said the plan was to hire assistant teachers for six months on a monthly salary of Bt9,000. The budget for ...

The Nation Reporter

Thais top regional rankings for mask-wearing, hand washing

Thais rank No 1 in Southeast Asia when it comes to washing hands and wearing face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, according to a recent survey.The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Wednesday (May 20) that 95 per cent of Thais ...

The Nation Reporter

The needs of people begin to overshadow the need for airlines

Domestic and international travel bans resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have grounded more than 66 per cent of the world’s passenger aircraft leaving governments scrambling to prevent airlines from going out of business.Globally governments have so far stumped up more than $85 billion in loans, ...

Stella-maris Ewudolu

Post-Covid teachers wanted

The Education Ministry will offer jobs to 10,000 assistant teachers to man smaller classrooms post-Covid-19 lockdown as classes are to be split.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said class sizes will be reduced for social distancing purposes. The pre-pandemic ratio was 20 students per teacher.Keep reading ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

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