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Israel offers Thais job opportunities
BANGKOK, 7 October 2011 – Israel has planned to recruit 6,000 Thai people in the agricultural sector next year. According to...
Main highway linking Thailand’s North to capital submerged
BANGKOK, Oct 7 – The government has set up an integrated operations centre at Don Mueang Airport as flooding in Ayutthaya closed a section...
UNESCO offers help for flood-hit Ayutthaya World Heritage site
BANGKOK, Oct 7 - The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday offered the Thai authorities emergency assistance for the ancient...
Lively export, consumption to boost GDP in latter half
BANGKOK, 6 October 2011 – The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has projected a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.3...
Agriculture Ministry set to help farmers save expenses and boost incomes
BANGKOK 6 October, 2011 – Devastating floods have prompted the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to focus on farmers’ ability to better cope with natural...
BMA & CNBC to air short Bangkok tourism film
BANGKOK 6 October, 2011 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) will jointly launch a short film on...
Commerce ambassadors to assure importers of timely shipment
BANGKOK 6 October, 2011 – The Commerce Ministry has assigned the Export Promotion Department and its commerce ambassadors worldwide to update foreign customers on...
Flood crisis worsens in downstream central provinces
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 – Thailand’s old capital of Ayutthaya has been hardest hit by flooding as the mass of water from three rivers will...
Business forecast centre revises 2011 GDP projection downward due to flood...
BANGKOK, Oct 6 - University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting has revised its 2011 GDP growth...
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Thai-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce invites sponsors to bring children to Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand – Ten Ukrainian children will visit Phuket this November as young ambassadors of their culture under a new initiative bringing together cultural...
Five-year-old girl rushed to hospital after drowning incident at Jomtien Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – A five-year-old girl was rushed to Bangkok Hospital Jomtien for emergency treatment after being found drowning in the sea near the...
Pattaya officials tell foreign content creator to clear clothes and props from beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers intervened after a foreigner spread clothing and numerous personal items across Pattaya Beach to film social media content,...
Koh Samui police probe foreign women soliciting tourists to cover living expenses
SURAT THANI, Thailand – Thai immigration officers arrested nine foreign women at a hotel near Chaweng Beach on Koh Samui on October 16, finding...
Pattaya switches 5,281 motorcycle taxi drivers from orange to blue vests
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya and the wider Banglamung district are introducing blue vests for registered public motorcycle taxi drivers, replacing the traditional orange uniforms...