Multinational software provider to communications and media companies Amdocs announced that it will implement its Amdocs DataOne privacy solution for AIA Thailand, which is a part of AIA Group, the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group....
Chinese automobile manufacturer GWM (Great Wall Motors) has signed an agreement with US peer GM (General Motors) to acquire GM’s production facilities in Rayong, Thailand. GWM plans to make Thailand its ASEAN production base for new energy and internal-combustion...
The Thai Ambassador to India has announced that the Royal Thai Army (RTA) is in the process of completing the order of 600 units of LPTA 715 4×4 military defense trucks from Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle maker. The LPTA 715 4X4 is a rugged...
Thailand-based full-service e-commerce logistics provider Flash Express announced that it has completed a Series D funding round of USD 200 million, led by PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited with participation from Durbell and Krungsri Finnovate. Flash...
Thailand’s Ministry of Industry announced plans to develop a new technology that enables the extraction of rare-earth metals from recycled industrial and household waste to serve high-tech industries. The Department of Primary Industries and Mines (DPIM) has...
The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) (an agency under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation), Khon Kaen University (KKU), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, and King Mongkut’s University...
In a bid to boost domestic consumption, the Center for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) has approved a proposal to offer taxpayers income tax deductions of up to THB 30,000 (USD 960) from their total taxable income. The tax deduction offer will apply to the...
Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a new feasibility study to build a land bridge between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, seen as a potentially key part of a new major economic development plan. According to the government, the land bridge...
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has signed an agreement with PPT Public Co Ltd. to build a cancer pharmaceutical factory, the first in Thailand that will cover all types of oncology products, with the goal of reducing the cost of related drugs and...
CAA International (CAAi), the technical cooperation arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, has been appointed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) to draft new drone regulations. The nine-month project aims to enable CAAT to safely integrate the...
Pattaya City is moving forward with a mega infrastructure project proposal to upgrade the famous Cape Bali Hai area. Already approved at a public hearing attended by 300 representatives of government agencies and the private sector, the proposal will go to the Eastern...
Bangkok-based Bumrungrad International Hospital (BIH), one of the largest private hospitals in South East Asia, has teamed up with real estate developers to set up luxury wellness centers for wellness tourism. The move is aligned with the Thai government’s intention...
