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Commerce Ministry tackles oil palm pricing

The Ministry of Commerce has stressed the government’s efforts to solve low pricing of oil palm kernels, bringing forward measures over the next two months to bring down the stock volume to a normal level. The Department...

GH Bank to hold NPA auction on Apr 27

BANGKOK, 26 April 2019 (NNT) - Non-performing assets (NPAs), including second-hand houses, offered by the Government Housing Bank (GH Bank) have drawn interest from the general public. In 2018, the GH Bank sold second-hand houses with a total...

Four major EEC infrastructure projects reviewed

BANGKOK, 24 April 2019(NNT) – The Thai government is advancing four infrastructure projects in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). All projects will be able to be included in the joint venture signing in May. They will promote Thailand as an important...

World Bank forecasts Thailand’s economic growth to rise 3.8% this year

BANGKOK, 24 April 2019 (NNT) - The World Bank has forecast Thailand’s economic growth to slightly slow down and rise 3.8% this year while the general economy of East Asia and the Pacific is expected to slow down...

Deputy premier orders Ministry of Finance to take economic stimulus measures

BANGKOK, 20 April 2019 (NNT) - In the light of indications of a national economic slowdown during the second quarter of this year due to external factors and a transitional period over the setting up of a new...

Understanding Asia’s fast-moving digital ecosystem

The digital future of Asia is already here. In China, millions of people enter public transportation each day using their smartphones, emerge and pay for their breakfast with WeChat, and use an app to have their lunch delivered a few hours later. ...

DFT to organize Southern Border Trade Fair

BANGKOK, 18 April 2019 (NNT) - The Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) will organize a Southern Border Trade Fair to provide knowledge to entrepreneurs in preparation for accessing the Malaysian market. The event will provide a platform for...

Commerce Ministry bolsters low price of oil palm

BANGKOK, 16 April 2019 (NNT) -The Department of Internal Trade has assured that the agency will take measures to bolster the lowered price of oil palm to a range of 3.20 baht to 3.50 baht per kilogram. Department of Internal Trade Director General Wichai Phochanakit said the Ministry of Commerce...