
Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Thai Ministry of Digital Economyand Society is expediting five important projects after the government approvedtwo-billion-baht budget to finance them with a focus on the expansion of high-speedInternet to remote areas.
Minister of Digital Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj said the fiveprojects to be implemented under the 2.25-billion-baht budget include thefiber-optic Internet connectivity project in 3,196 schools and 812 localhospitals and health systems.
The second project seeks to create an infrastructure forintelligent cities in the Eastern Economic Corridor and promote businesses thatoffer new services on the digital technology.
The third project promotes digital startups through many activities anddevelops digital innovation to expand marketing opportunities for them.
The fourth project is called “Coding Nation” whose objective isto develop a national online platform for the development of digital manpower.
The last project is the establishment of an IoT institute insideDigital Park Thailand in preparation for the growth of new s-curve industriessuch as robotics, aviation and automobiles.
The minister said five projects will be completed within the current fiscalyear.-VNA