The 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 13-15 with the engagement of neigbours from northern Laos and northeastern Thailand.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu is leading a delegation to attend the 22nd ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting Retreat and related events, which take place on March 2-3 in Thailand.
Thailand is researching the feasibility of the Mekong-Loei-Chi-Mun project, which aims to build a tunnel diverting water from the Loei River, a branch of the Mekong River, to the Northeast region.
At least seven policemen and two locals were seriously injured in a car bomb detonated near a Border Patrol Police (BPP) station in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani on February 27.
Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has organised the first-ever Thailand Tech Show, aiming to push readily applicable technologies to the market.
Thailand and Russia are targeting to increase the value of their bilateral trade fivefold in the next five years, announced Thai Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn on February 26.
Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong held talks with his Thai counterpart Paiboon Khumchaya in Bangkok on February 25, during which they signed a cooperation programme for 2016 between the two ministries.
The Thai Ministry of Commerce will join hands with the private sector to hold THAIFEX-World of Food 2016 to promote Thai food and agricultural products.
The Thai government is scrambling to contain wildfires and haze in the country and will establish cooperation with other ASEAN countries to contain haze problems in the region.
The National Food Institute of Thailand has predicted bright prospects for Thai food exports this year, especially to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam or the CLMV market.
The Thai Cabinet has approved the extension of work permits for foreign nationals from one year to two years, while giving employers four months to help their workers register for the document.
Thailand's government on February 23 approved loans totalling 93 billion THB (2.6 billion USD) to help drought-hit agricultural areas and spur the country’s economy.
Thailand crushed Vietnam 8-0 in the bronze-medal play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship on February 21 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Thai Prime Minister stressed the importance of maintaining stability in the Asia-Pacific region while affirming his full support for peaceful solutions to regional tensions, including East Sea dispute
Thailand’s outbound investment reached 6.82 billion THB (194 million USD) between January and September 2015, an increase of 143 percent compared to the same period in 2014.
Vietnam went down 1-3 against Thailand on February 15 in the final match of Group C in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship 2016 in Uzbekistan.
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