Economy and industry

The Director General of the Department of Social Development and Welfare has continued to develop a database for requesting a social enterprise certificate online (SE Online).Social Development and Welfare Department Director General Napha Setthakorn said the Department of Social Development and Welfare is the main ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed satisfaction with the World Bank’s forecast that the Thai economy will expand continuously for at least two years.Keep watching ...

A surge in the baht is adding to the challenges facing Thailand’s trade-dependent economy this year as exports decline.The baht’s climb of about 5 percent against the dollar in the past six months is the strongest in the world, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...

Kasikorn Bank has suggested investors keep a close watch on foreign factors particularly the U.S.-China trade war and the British parliament’s rejection of the Brexit deal.Keep watching ...

The government of the Czech Republic along with 39 companies from the Central European country met with the Thai government on Wednesday to discuss investment in trade and technological development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). The meeting resulted in the two governments signing a ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project is unlikely to be affected by the upcoming election, thanks to the EEC Act that came into force last May. The government pushed for the EEC Act to build confidence for investors in Thailand and bolster faith in the ...

The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) aims to attract 1 million teenagers to join the e-commerce workforce and 200,000 micro-SMEs to go online this year to boost the online economy. By 2023, ETDA wants to have 8 million workers and 1.6 million micro small and ...

The severe air pollution problem in Bangkok will take a heavy toll on the country’s economy unless the authorities can effectively clear the smog, a research report warned yesterday (Jan, 15). A Kasikorn Research Centre analysis yesterday  (Jan, 15) said the smog could cost Thailand ...

Thanks to the growing popularity of online shopping in Thailand, e-commerce is expected to have the brightest growth prospects this year, while book rental, handicraft and conventional furniture are forecast to face the bleakest outlook. Thanavath Phonvichai, vice-president for research at the University of the ...

Artificial intelligence will be operating the traffic lights at all 505 intersection in Bangkok “soon”, rather than police officers manually working the switches, according to a senior policeman.Pol Col Kitti Ariyanon, deputy commander of the Police Bureau’s Traffic Police Division, said AI was already on ...