Tag: Pridiyathorn Devakula
Govt to set up committee to study national oil corp idea
Bangkok - Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has revealed the government will appoint a special committee to study the feasibility of establishing a national...
Deputy PM outlines government’s investment strategy in Chonburi
Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula outlined the government’s strategies to make Thailand Southeast Asia’s center of international trade at a forum in Chonburi. ...
Deputy PM Pridiyathorn is Thai government’s richest minister: NACC
BANGKOK, Oct 31 -- Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula, who oversees economic affairs, has declared assets totalling over 1 billion baht, making him the...
Government laying new economic foundation
BANGKOK, Oct 29 -- The government is laying a new economic foundation by adjusting promotional privileges for investors and applying information technology to develop...
PM reaffirms her resignation would breach charter
BANGKOK, 7 February 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has responded to the demand by former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula...
Caretaker PM Yingluck shuts option for neutral, non-elected premier
BANGKOK, Feb 7 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asserted today that the law did not allow a non-MP to take the helm of...
Better growth foreseen in 2014 global exports
BANGKOK, 6 November 2013 M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula expects more growth in the world's exports in the year 2014. Thailand’s GDP, he said, should grow...
Political conflict drags Thai economy down, reducing growth to 3.5-4% next...
BANGKOK, Nov 5 - Leading Thai economists say the ongoing political conflicts will dampen the country's growth which is forecast at 3.5-4 per cent...
Calls for rice scheme review get louder
BANGKOK, Oct 15 – Several leading members of Thai society today called on the government to revise its highly-criticised rice pledging scheme which has...
China to buy huge volumes of rice, rubber from Thailand
BANGKOK, Oct 14 – China has agreed to buy one million tonnes of rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber from Thailand annually, Thai Prime...
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