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Thailand’s accumulated state revenues, collected through the Revenue Department, reached over 646.2 billion baht during the first four months of the 2025 fiscal year, up 3.8% year-on-year, or more than 23.4 billion baht.
The rice policy subcommittee has agreed to adopt three measures to shore up falling second-crop paddy prices, as crops are now being harvested. The measures are to be submitted to the National Rice Policy and Management Committee next week for ratification.
There’s little doubt that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must accelerate their digital transformation, but to do so successfully, they need to understand the process and know what technologies to invest in and when, says Dr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, President, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
More than 1,000 rice farmers, in Thailand’s central province of Nakhon Sawan, gathered in Muang district today, demanding that the government tackle the problem of declining paddy prices.
Thailand's economy grew less than expected last year, official data showed Monday, while the outlook for 2025 is beset by fears about US President Donald Trump's tough trade policy.
Japanese car maker, Mazda, has agreed to increase its investment in Thailand by about five billion baht to produce mild hybrid SUVs (MHEV) and to increase the efficiency of the supply chain.
US President Donald Trump committed Wednesday to announcing "reciprocal tariffs" on other countries, saying he could sign an order for them within a day, a move that could open new fronts in a trade war.
Thailand may end its 53-year-old ban on the sale of alcohol in the afternoon, as well as on Buddhist religious days, as the prime minister ordered a study today into the regulations in a bid to boost the tourism industry.
Thailand's government plans to set up a long-term equity fund to support the Thai stock market, the finance minister said on Tuesday, as the bourse has been the worst performing market in Asia so far this year.
The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has approved the development of the first realistic Jurassic World experience in Bangkok, making it the first tourism landmark of its kind in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The first phase of the “digital wallet” scheme, which cost the taxpayer 140 billion baht (0.7% of GDP) and was distributed to about 14 million disabled people and state welfare card holders, has not increased domestic consumption, as envisaged by the government, according to the Kiatnakin Phatra Research Centre.
Users of mobile banking services, who are notified by their banks that their names do not match the name of the owner of the SIM card in their smartphone which is registered with the bank, are to be required to contact their banks to correct the issue by April 30th, or their mobile banking services will be suspended.
