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Thai Triumph garment workers seek German embassy intervention

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (TNA) – Nearly one thousand workers of a foreign-owned garment company in Samut Prakan on Thursday submitted a letter to the German embassy asking its government to…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India have signed a long-awaited free trade agreemen

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (TNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India have signed a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA) which would take effect next year and increase…

Thai authorities sent to examine Thai rice on sale in China

BANGKOK, 13 August 2009 (NNT) – The authorities of the Ministry of Commerce have gone to China during 12 to 15 August to probe the complaints that Thai jasmine rice…

New PTT natural gas production plant may end nation´s need to import LPG by mid 2010

BANGKOK, 13 August 2009 (NNT) – The Department of Energy Business reported the possibility that by the middle of the next year Thailand might end its dependency on imported liquefied…

Moody’s: rebound for China property unlikely to improve ratings

Hong Kong, August 13, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service says the rebound in China's property market in the first half of 2009 is unlikely to result in improvement in its…

The 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM)

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (TNA) – The 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) and related meetings starts Thursday in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok under tight security. The meeting is hosted by…

Mass candle-lighting ceremony marks HM the Queen’s birthday

BANGKOK, Aug 12 (TNA) – A sea of candlelight and fireworks lighted the sky over Bangkok’s Sanam Luang Wednesday evening to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 77th birthday and to…

National Police Chief accepts mission to the south

BANGKOK, 12 August 2009 (NNT) – National Police Chief Police General Patcharavat Wongsuwan has accepted his mission to go to the south as tasked by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva amid…

EXIM Bank to consider easing loan regulations

BANGKOK, 12 August 2009 (NNT) – The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Bank) is ready to consider easing loan regulations in an effort to exercise its business lending to reach…

Health volunteers nationwide campaign to prevent A(H1N1) flu

PATHUM THANI, Aug 12 (TNA) – To mark Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 77th birthday, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health ordered local health volunteers countrywide to launch a special round of…