Japan wants to maintain Thailand as its key production base, agreeing on Thursday to move ahead with cooperation plans on green industry and advanced technological development. Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiuda witnessed two signings of memoranda of cooperation (MoC) on green industry and advanced technological […]
Read MoreShoppers duped by rogue traders on the internet can file an online civil lawsuit with the courts soon as part of the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry’s efforts to tackle escalating e-commerce scams. The move comes after scores of online shoppers took to social media to complain they received products that were different than […]
Read MoreKrungsri Securities forecast the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index on Friday (January 14) would fall to between 1,670-1,675 points as other Asian indices have fallen due to uncertainty over the US Federal Reserves move to raise the interest rate during the meeting on March 15-16. However, it predicted that the index would rebound from […]
Read MoreMARKET weakness from the possible implementation of transaction tax in Thailand offers a “good buying opportunity” for investors, said CGS-CIMB. The brokerage acknowledged that market sentiment is likely to go down if the Thai government implements this tax. However, it added that investors should be able to benefit as a strong economic recovery is expected […]
Read MoreThe Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has decided to maintain its GDP growth forecast at 3-4.5%, believing the government will not reimpose harsh lockdown measures and looking forward to better tourism prospects in the second quarter. The rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant recently caused concern over a possible new […]
Read MoreThe new 300-baht tourism fee due to take effect in April is drawing mixed reactions from tourism operators as the recovery remains tepid and fragile. “If the country wants to welcome back tourists, the tourism fee has to be put off until at least 2023 as the sector has to be rebuilt from the ground […]
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