THE WORLD Bank (WB) has revised up Thailand’s economy growth this year to 4.1 per cent from its previous estimate of 3.6 per cent given the country’s robust performance. The bank has also revised up its forecast of Thailand’s economy in the year 2019 and 2020 to 3.8 per cent for both years, up from […]
Read MoreSIEMENS yesterday expressed its long-term commitment to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), embracing a scheme that the German company says can potentially change the global order in trade and economics. The company, which bills itself as the world’s leading infrastructure company and supplier of engineering technology products and services, yesterday signed more than 10 […]
Read MoreAs Thailand gradually transforms into an ageing society, the potential economic and social burden of retiring workers is one issue that is likely to be on the minds of many employees, employers, and policymakers. New amendments to Thailand’s Labour Protection Act have addressed this issue by introducing a retirement regime for Thai private sector employees, placing […]
Read MoreHigh-ranking officials from the Greater Mekong Subregion convened last week to discuss regional cooperation in food safety, agricultural trade and the implementation of the GMS Strategy and the Siem Reap Action Plan. The 15th Annual Meeting of GMS’s Working Group on Agriculture took place on May 29-30 in the Chinese city of Pu’er, in Yunnan […]
Read MoreTHAILAND’S social enterprises have been facing issues of sustainability and limited ability to have a positive social impact, but they have plenty of room to grow, the National Economic and Social Development Board said. To promote social enterprise is part of the government’s 20-year national strategy, aiming to narrow the income gap between the rich […]
Read MorePresident of the Lao National Assembly, Ms Pany Yathotou, and her Thai counterpart Pornpech Wichitcholchai have said they highly value the growing ties and cooperation between the two countries, and the two parliaments in particular. The comments were made when Ms Pany travelled to Thailand on Friday, leading a Lao delegation on an official goodwill […]
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