Thailand’s biggest drinks company Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) will allocate 7 billion THB (about 230 million USD) next year to renovate 25-year-old breweries and increase sales from all beverages in populous ASEAN countries in the next six years.
Thailand’s Transport Ministry plans to develop and integrate 12 canals into Bangkok's main transport system, as part of a long-term plan to solve the city's worsening traffic congestion.
Vietnam will continue to raise ASEAN's position at the United Nations (UN), particularly after being voted to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the second time, according to an article published on June 11 by Thailand’s Bangkok Post newspaper.
A fire broke out at an apartment building on Phetchaburi road in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district on April 3, killing at least 3 people and injuring over 60 others.
PFP Group, a frozen seafood producer from Thailand, plans to set up a joint venture factory in Vietnam in the next three to five years to minimise business risks.
Thai police on September 4 said it is likely that neither of the two foreign men detained after the deadly attack at Erawan Shrine in Bangkok last month were the main culprits in the bombing.
Thai Vietjet Air, a branch of the Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet
Air, is expected to take off next month after obtaining an air
operator's certificate from the Thai Civil Aviation Department within
two weeks.
A group of Thai entertainment companies was reported in discussions to
take over Bolton Wanderers, a second division football club in England,
after being approached by the cash strapped strugglers, according to
Thai media.
A Thai real estate developer has unveiled the plan to build a 125-storey
office and hotel tower that would make Bangkok home to the tallest
skyscraper in Southeast Asia.
Thailand's rice shipments are expected to reach 11 million tonnes this
year thanks to price competitiveness and the government's accelerated
attempt to dispose of stocks, according to Bangkok Post newspaper.
German carmaker Volkswagen AG has been given the green light to invest
in a production plant in Thailand, a move for expanding manufactures in
the region after the ASEAN community is formed in 2015.
The Thai Department of Business Development in August gave permission to
14 foreign companies to conduct businesses in the country, increasing
by 6 percent over the same period last year.
The price of Thai rice will drop by 10-15 percent in the next two months
as a result of efforts made by the Government to sell more rice in
its stock, Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the
Thai Rice Exporters Association, has forecast.
Hundreds of people from the United
Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), known as the ‘red
shirts, rallied in front of Thailand’s Government House on July 21, for
a revised constitution and the dissolution of the Lower House.
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