The Tourism and Sports Ministry has released first-quarter tourism revenue figures, reporting a decrease of nearly 40% to 335 billion baht, or 222 billion baht shy of the year-earlier level. The impact of the pandemic hammered the tourism industry in the first three months of 2020, with all source markets facing the same setbacks to […]
Read MoreThe Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) predicts that 7 million workers will be out of a job by June because of shutdowns from the pandemic. The committee said most of the layoffs will affect low-paid workers, with 6 million out of the 7 million workers losing their jobs earning less than […]
Read MoreThe World Bank’s Regional Vice-Presidency of the East Asia and Pacific Region yesterday approved US 18 million for Lao PDR to help the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lao PDR COVID-19 Response Project supports preparedness and emergency response activities including infection prevention and control, case detection and contact tracing, case management and risk […]
Read MoreThe government says that it will work to ensure that food supplies are accessible to all levels of society during the Thingyan holidays even as the country tackles the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. This was announced by the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 in a statement released on April […]
Read MoreThailand’s inflation rate may be as low as -1% this year as the escalating spread of Covid-19 has weakened overall domestic demand. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, the planning unit of the Commerce Ministry, said a -1% inflation rate would be Thailand’s lowest ever. The inflation rate was -0.9% in […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s largest fuel distributor, state-owned Pertamina, has launched a free door-to-door delivery service for customers in Pekanbaru, Riau, to facilitate physical distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The energy giant deployed four motorcycles earlier this week to deliver gasoline, diesel, lubricants and 5.5-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters around Pekanbaru. The service is available from 8 a.m. […]
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