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IEAT optimistic on EEC industrial estate sales
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is confident it can achieve its 2019 land sales goal of 3,500 rai after it sold 720.75 rai worth 5.56 billion baht in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, ending in December.Of the total land sales, 664.06 rai ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
EEC investment set to exceed forecast
Thailand’s investment is expected to grow by 10% in 2020, largely driven by outlays to the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said investment in the corridor is expected to become vibrant in 2020, with the growth rate ...
Chatrudee Theparat
EEC gets 400,000 rai for development
As much as 400,000 rai will be designated for industrial areas within the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Monton Sudprasert, director-general of the Public Works and Town and Country Planning Department, said a town planning draft for the EEC was approved by the EEC ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Czechs eye Thai trade, technology
The government of the Czech Republic along with 39 companies from the Central European country met with the Thai government on Wednesday to discuss investment in trade and technological development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). The meeting resulted in the two governments signing a ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
EEC Office upbeat ahead of election
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project is unlikely to be affected by the upcoming election, thanks to the EEC Act that came into force last May. The government pushed for the EEC Act to build confidence for investors in Thailand and bolster faith in the ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Industrial rubber masterplan being proposed for Rayong
The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) has mapped out a masterplan to increase annual rubber exports from Bt250 billion to Bt800 billion, while establishing a rubber industrial estate in Rayong province, part of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
5G services to be tested in EEC zone
The government will test run 5G services in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in preparation for the development of S-Curve and new S-Curve industries.Keep watching ...
BoI gears up to snare aerospace investors for U-tapao
The Board of Investment (BoI) has laid out a plan to attract aerospace investment at U-tapao airport in 2019 as part of the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development. The first phase develops 6,500 rai for the airport and an aviation hub, which includes a ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Local steel industry roadmap en route
The Industry Ministry will call on local steel manufacturers to collaboratively design a 5-10 year roadmap for the development of the country’s steel industry to serve new targeted industries in the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Upgrades to Thailand's Easter Economic Corridor Help Drive Global Tech Innovation
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) announced a recently approved public-private partnership plan for Digital Park Thailand (EECD), one of the key components of the Thai Government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development initiative. Digital Park Thailand is a 115-hectare site strategically located within the EEC. ...