Tag: Bangkok
NESDB: Thai economy grows 0.3% in Q1 2012
BANGKOK, May 21 - The Thai economy grew 0.3 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012 and by 11 per cent...
Teenage girl dies after being hit by train
BANGKOK, May 21--- A woman was hit and killed by an oncoming train in downtown Bangkok on Monday morning as she crossed the...
THAI board sacks airline’s head Piyasvasti
BANGKOK, May 21 - The board of directors of Thailand’s national flag carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) on Monday terminated the employment contract...
Eurozone debt crisis limits economic growth of Thailand
BANGKOK, 20 May 2012 – An economic expert has projected that Thailand’s GDP this year should reach 5.9%; although the Eurozone debt crisis...
Cabinet resolved to postpone oil tax increase by another month
BANGKOK, 20 May 2012 - The Cabinet has resolved to further delay its planned increase in the excise tax on diesel to help...
PM pledges to tackle rising consumer product prices
NAKHON PATHOM, May 19 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will speed up solving the problem of rising...
hai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee agrees to set up special economic border...
BANGKOK, May 20 – The Thai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee (JTC) on Sunday agreed to set up special economic border zones, aiming to increase...
Commerce Ministry to open 10,000 “Thook Jai” shops by early June
BANGKOK, 19 May 2012 – The Commerce Ministry is confident that it will be able to open as many state-initiated cheap grocery stores...
Thailand confident in benefiting greatly from the hosting of WEF on...
BANGKOK, 19 May 2012 – The government is confident that Thailand’s hosting of the World Economic Forum in Bangkok will add more economic...








