Kasikornbank (KBank) has launched a 1-billion-baht loan scheme, offering interest-free borrowing for the first year to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with up to 200 employees as a way to keep 41,000 workers on payroll during the pandemic. The bank will also provide a monthly grant of 8,000 baht for three months to SME employees […]
Read MoreThailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) fell 2.99% in April from a year earlier, the largest decline in more than 10 years and sharply below expectations, commerce ministry data showed on Tuesday. The reading compared with a forecast decline of 1.20% in a Reuters poll, and with March’s 0.54% decline. The drop was the largest […]
Read MoreThe development of over-the-top (OTT) platforms by Thais is needed to ensure the benefits will not fall solely into the hands of big foreign players, says the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC). The agency supports the establishment of a working committee to cope with OTT businesses, including crafting proper measures to govern them. Takorn […]
Read MoreAn increase in the price index for vacant land near the extension of the northern section of the Green Line from Ku Kot to Lam Luk Ka, and along the Pink Line from Kae Rai to Min Buri, exceeded the average for Greater Bangkok for four consecutive quarters. “Construction of the Green Line from Ku […]
Read MoreThai processed food exports are expected to recover in the third and fourth quarters this year after falling 13.3% in the first quarter. According to Visit Limlurcha, president of the Thai Food Processors Association, Thailand’s processed food exports fetched 120 billion baht in the first quarter, down from 138 billion baht in the same quarter […]
Read MoreThe two-way trade of Cambodia with Vietnam experienced a decrease during the first quarter of the year caused by the global pandemic. However, the trade volume with Thailand remained steady. From January to March, the bilateral trade between the two countries stood at $1.3 billion, down 8.2 percent over the corresponding period last year, according […]
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