Tag: ASEAN
Foreign investments in ASEAN region doubled last year
BANGKOK, 10 August 2011 -Director General of the Department of Trade Negotiations Ms. Srirat Ratapana said there was a rise in foreign investments...
TCC asking new govt to solve high living costs
BANGKOK, 9 August 2011– The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) is asking the new government to urgently solve the high living cost of...
Thailand asked to adopt same academic calendar as other ASEAN nations
BANGKOK, 8 August 2011 -Council of University Presidents of Thailand President Prasart Suebkha has proposed that Thai universities adopt a new semester calendar,...
Industrial exports increase in first half of 2011
BANGKOK, 7 August 2011 - The Office of Industrial Economics (OIE) reported a 19% year-on-year increase in overall industrial export in the first...
ASEAN to invite US, Russia to join ASEAN+6
BANGKOK, 5 August 2011 – ASEAN has invited the US and Russia to join its ASEAN+6 trade and economic cooperation meetings in a...
New GSP rules of origin may prompt delisting of 4 types...
CHIANG MAI, 5 August 2011 – The EU is set to impose new rules of origin on its generalized system of preferences (GSP)...
FPO expects 770 bn THB in tourism revenue this year
BANGKOK, 4 August 2011– The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has projected that the earnings from tourism this year will reach 770 billion THB...
US urges Thailand, Cambodia to solve dispute peacefully
BANGKOK, 19 July 2011– The US has once again called on both Thailand and Cambodia to solve their border disputes in a peaceful manner...
Dusit ‘Go for Green’ exhibition
On July 13th at the Dusit Thani Hotel, GM, Chatchawal Supachayanond chaired an exhibition entitled ‘Dusit Go for Green’ There were...
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British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Kating Lai Park off North Pattaya faces erosion threat, safety barriers installed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Kating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver arrives at police station with bat seeking help
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...