BANGKOK, 30 April 2010 (NNT) – The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP) succeeds in pushing SMEs towards the international platform ending first phase of the project with positive results. Director General of OSMEP, Mr Yuthasak Supasorn, stated that SMEs are small but powerful when grouped together. Each business helps push each other [...]
BANGKOK, 30 April 2010 (NNT) – The March 2010 exports have grown by 41% from the same period of last year to stand at 16.09 billion USD due to export boom and continuing global economic recovery. According to the latest report by the Bank of Thailand (BoT), the country’s economy remains in good shape as [...]
BANGKOK, 30 April 2010 (NNT) – The non-commissioned military officer killed in the clash between security forces and the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship on 28 April in Don Mueang area was shot by high velocity bullets, according to an autopsy committee. Colonel Saksan Chaitaveep, a physician of the Phra Mongkut Klao Hospital, said [...]
BANGKOK, April 30 (TNA) – Due to the protracted protests of the anti-government Red Shirts, Thailand in April has already lost over 100,000 tourist visitors and around more than Bt5 billion (US$156 million) in revenues, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) estimates. According to TAT Governor Surapol Sawetseranee, if the demonstrations continue, even peacefully [...]
BANGKOK, April 30 (TNA) – Bangkok’s King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, near the epicentre of the Red Shirt anti-government protests, has suspended services for outpatients and transferred over 100 patients to other hospitals after protesters forced their way into the hospital Thursday night searching for troops. Chulalongkorn hospital director Adisorn Patradul and Thai Red Cross Society [...]
BANGKOK, 29 April 2010 (NNT) — The Thai market for agriculture and food experienced positive growth since the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) has come into effect, according to the National Food Institute (NFI). NFI Executive vice-president, Amorn Ngammongkolrat stated that the export value in the first quarter of this year was at 49.2 billion [...]
BANGKOK, 29 April 2010 (NNT) – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has revised its forecast on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) expansion for 2010 to 4.3-5.8%, up from its initial prediction of 3.5-5.3%. Despite a potential 0.9% reduction of the GDP resulting from the political chaos in the country, the BoT estimated that this [...]
BANGKOK, 28 April 2010 (NNT) – A Core figure of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) Payap Pangate led the UDD guards inside the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital following his fear of military force hideout. Mr Payap today invaded the hospital along with a number of UDD guards due to his fear [...]
BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) will shrink by 1 per cent if the current political crisis drags on, according to a top banker. Boontuck Wangcharoen, chief executive officer of TMB Bank (formerly the Thai Military Bank), said the ongoing rally by the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) [...]
BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – The European Union office here on Thursday issued a statement expressing concerns over the situation in Thailand, urging conflicting parties to seek negotiations to resolve the problem after the anti-government Red Shirts petitioned the EU seeking help to prevent human rights violation in Thailand. Five Red Shirt representatives submitted a [...]
