People and Government
Dozens of foreign firms forecast to get on VAT train
The Revenue Department anticipates that 80-100 large foreign-based digital platform operators that render services to Thai consumers will sign up as value-added tax (VAT) registrants in Thailand after the e-business tax comes into force. Keep reading ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk and Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Reckoning With Human Rights Violations in Thailand’s Extraterritorial Investments
As Thailand’s investments across ASEAN increase, the country must commit to human rights due diligence that has been lacking.The intensive growth of Thai investments in ASEAN countries in recent years has demonstrated significant potential opportunities to expand markets and provide access to transboundary supply chains, ...
Wora Suk
Dept of Foreign Trade organizes business networking between Thailand & Cambodia
Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) is introducing new Thai entrepreneurs to Cambodian businesses in Phnom Penh to create opportunities for trade with neighboring countries. The department is confident that the program will result in purchase orders worth at least 220 million baht. Keep reading ...
Benjamin Rujopakarn
Cabinet approves joint agreement on repatriation of Myanmar refugees
The Cabinet has endorsed an agreement between Thailand and Myanmar on their cooperation to repatriate Myanmar refugees, with a budget to be allocated in support of their journey home. Keep reading ...
Surapan Laotharanarit
The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road
China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region.Keep reading ...
Suwatchai Songwanich
FDA recalls blood-pressure drugs due to cancer-risk ingredient
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled immediately five registered drugs to control blood pressure because of a potentially dangerous key ingredient.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
How collaborating with WWF helped Thai Union drive sustainability sector-wide
More corporations should consider partnering with public-sector organisations if they wish to go beyond improving their own sustainability strategies to drive industry-wide improvements, according to Thai Union’s award-winning global director of sustainable development, Darian McBain.Keep reading ...
Cross-border transport agreement makes progress
Myanmar and Thailand will sign an MOU for the Initial Implementation of a Cross-border Transport Agreement (IICBTA), to facilitate transport between countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in late August.Upon signing the MOU, Myanmar will start cross-border transport activities with Thailand, said U Aung ...
Chan Mya Htwe
VAT return scheme for poor shaping up
The planned repayment of value-added tax (VAT) to government welfare smart card holders is expected to take shape by the end of this year, a move meant to improve their purchasing power.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Triumph of global cooperation
Global support poured in resulting in the successful mission that rescued 12 boys and their coach from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, an effort in which Thailand’s hand was strengthened by the help of many foreign teams.Keep reading ...
Wasamon Audjarint
