Tag: Yanyong Phuangrach
Rice shortage imminent late this year due to flood
BANGKOK, 19 October 2011 – The Ministry of Commerce has indicated the possibility of a rice shortage in Thailand later this year as over...
Commerce Ministry plans to set up trade policy office
BANGKOK, 10 October 2011 – The Commerce Ministry is planning to set up a new agency focusing on trade policies and strategies. ...
Thai exports rise in August
BANGKOK, Sept 22 – Thai exports in August were valued at US$21.5 billion, up 31.1 per cent year-on-year, a new record high, but imports...
Thai exports hit record high in July
BANGKOK, Aug 25 – Thai exports in July hit a record high at US$21.521 billion, an increase of 38.3 per cent year-on-year, beating...
Discount fair selling cheap items to help Thai reduce their expenses
BANGKOK, 15 August 2011-The Commerce Ministry is hosting a big discount fair selling inexpensive household items and fresh food on the occasion of...
ASEAN to invite US, Russia to join ASEAN+6
BANGKOK, 5 August 2011 – ASEAN has invited the US and Russia to join its ASEAN+6 trade and economic cooperation meetings in a...
Commerce Ministry linking fruit markets to ease over-supplies
BANGKOK, 3 August 2011– The Ministry of Commerce is pressing ahead with its plan to link fruit markets across the country while expanding...
Thai inflation rises 4% in July: Commerce Ministry
BANGKOK, Aug 1 – Thailand’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July edged up to 112.74, an increase of 4.08 per cent year-on-year, owing to...
MOC confirms no rice shortages or hoarding in the country
BANGKOK, 24 July 2011 - Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Yanyong Phuangrach, has investigated prices of packaged rice in Suphanburi province at Tanghua center....
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PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Drunk Russian tourist on hotel sofa helped back to his room
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 assaulting taxi driver in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Waves erode Krating Lai shoreline, damaging Pattaya beach park
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Krating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorbike taxi driver seeks police help for rescued fruit bat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...