Tag: ASEAN
Thai rice exports likely to miss target this year
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry admitted that rice exports this year may miss the targeted 8.5 million tons, but is confident that the country would...
PM insists rice pledging scheme will not incur losses
BANGKOK, Oct 9 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reassured the public on Tuesday that the government's rice pledging scheme would not cause further...
Thailand needs urgent automotive standardisation upgrade
BANGKOK, Oct 9 – The European-Asean Business Centre (EABC) has urged Thailand to improve its industrial standardisation system for automotive products to meet...
Bangkok condo growth soars to highest level in ASEAN
The number of real estate projects--particularly condominiums--in the Thai capital is the highest in the ASEAN countries and triples that of Jakarta, which ranks...
Special Report: SIPA prepares software entrepreneurs for AEC
The Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) is holding “TICTA Expo 2012”, hoping to prepare Thai software entrepreneurs for the ASEAN integration into the...
Thai PM addresses Asia Society in New York
NEW YORK, Sept 26 - Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra addressed the Asia Society in New York Wednesday, saying her government is working...
Special Report: China pledges support for Thailand during the AEC
China has pledged continued support for Thailand and other ASEAN countries during the formation of the AEC in 2015, and reaffirmed strong bilateral...
Cabinet supports ASEAN cooperation on environmental protection
BANGKOK, 25 September 2012 - The Cabinet has given the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment a nod to sign a draft agreement...
First-car scheme makes Thailand top seller in ASEAN
BANGKOK, 24 September 2012 – According to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), the government’s first-car policy has made Thailand the number 1...
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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...