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Is Bangkok savvy enough to become a 'smart city'?
The “smart city” has become a new buzzword for development policy in the Thailand 4.0 initiative, which would see big cities in the country like Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and the Eastern Economic Corridor, transformed into technology hubs.Keep reading ...
Anchalee Kongrut
Women’s sustainable coastal management struggle against EEC port expansion
Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Leam Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive.Keep reading ...
Nathaporn Thaotagoo
Three Strategies for Thailand’s Economic Transformation
Speaking at the “Thailand Taking off to New Heights” seminar organised by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) on March 19, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak talked three strategies – investments in mega projects, the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), and the ...
Priyankar Bhunia
Japan supports Thailand 4.0
As the Thai economy continues to evolve, so too is investment coming from Japan, which sees Thailand as the ideal gateway to the growing ASEAN region. Under the Thailand 4.0 plan, Thailand aims to move to a digital and knowledge-based economy driven by services, innovation, ...
Bank helps connect Chinese with EEC
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) is drumming up interest among Chinese investors to seize opportunities in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and expects more and more Chinese companies to set up in the country’s flagship economic zone.Keep reading ...
Investors show confidence in Thailand’s EEC policy initiative
Investors appear to be gaining confidence in the government’s investment promotion policy, particularly the much-anticipated Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) policy initiative.Mr. Verapong Chaiperm, Governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, said on Thursday that the IEAT has sold 3,300 rai of land inside its ...
Thailand’s smart cities to herald in Thailand 4.0
Thailand is set to develop more smart cities following their pilot project involving three cities. Deputy Prime Minister, Prajin Jungtong said in a speech in November 2017 that the aim is to have 100 smart cities within two decades to improve the quality of life ...
Inclusive green growth to shape Thailand's future
Energy efficiency in industries presents a unique opportunity for Thailand’s environmental and economic policies as regional trends push towards more inclusive and sustainablne green cities for the country and its neighbours, says the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) director-general Dr.Frank Rijsberman.Keep reading ...
Sinsiri Titutanond
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society urgently implements 5 digital technology projects
The Ministry of the Digital Economy and Society is expediting five important projects after the government approved a budget of two-billion-baht to finance them with a focus on the expansion of high-speed Internet to remote areas.Keep reading ...
Suwit Rattiwan
EEC committee approves high speed rail links to major airports
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Policy Committee has approved high speed rail links to three airports. Ahead of the body’s latest meeting, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha, as chairman of the EEC Development Policy Committee, remarked that he wanted its members to focus on ...
