Tag: Yanyong Phuangrach
Finance Ministry assured of Bt20 billion return in May
BANGKOK, March 27 – The Commerce Ministry has given assurances that it will pay back Bt20 billion it borrowed from the central fund to...
Commerce Ministry: A Rice Farmers Bank can be established if without...
BANGKOK, 20 Feb 2014 Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Yanyong Phuangrach revealed it is possible to establish a bank that would handle financial affairs...
Thai Commerce Ministry holding tripartite talks today on aid to farmers
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Thailand's Commerce Ministry will meet today with rice millers and farmers to find a way to assist the planters. ...
17 bidders take part in AFET rice auction
BANGKOK, 13 February 2014 17 bidders participated in Thursday’s auction to sell pledged rice through the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET). ...
Caretaker PM Yingluck promises rice payments to farmers next week
BANGKOK, Feb 14 – Farmers will gradually receive their overdue payments from the rice pledging scheme next week, according to caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck...
Traders participate fully in rice auction
BANGKOK, Feb 13 – Eighteen rice traders have joined a bidding event to buy nearly 500,000 tonnes of rice under the government’s subsidy scheme,...
Assistance offered to 4 civil servants charged with joining protests
BANGKOK, Feb 12 – Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has calmed four Commerce Ministry civil servants who were charged with violating the emergency decree with...
The Commerce Ministry to speed up the process of payment under...
BANGKOK, 10 Feb 2014 The Commerce Ministry is reportedly ready to sell more than 200,000 tons of rice stockpiles during the rice auction via...
Rice Mills asked to pay part of pledged value to farmers
BANGKOK, 7 February 2014 The Ministry of Commerce asked rice mill owners yesterday, to provide 50-60% of the pledged value owed to rice growers,...
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International border arbitration is impossible for Thailand
The prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia are categorical not to cede one inch of their territory. June 14 sees the bilateral meeting of...
Pattaya’s roads still a mess after years of neglect — Locals say ‘Enough Already’...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Bumpy, broken, and borderline dangerous — that’s how many locals describe Pattaya’s streets year after year, and few roads capture the...
Pattaya vows to regulate motorbike rentals after German embassy raises safety concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuttisak Rermkijakarn chaired a high-level meeting on Friday with city executives, government departments, local stakeholders, and related agencies to...
‘One way to bring tourists back to Pattaya’ – Officials help intoxicated foreigner from...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya continues to uphold its image as a caring and responsible tourist city by actively assisting intoxicated foreign visitors and ensuring...
Pattaya’s new Walking Street sign draws crowds — and critics who say, ‘Might as...
PATTAYA, Thailand — The City of Pattaya has begun dismantling the old sign and installing a new LED-lit gateway at the entrance to its...