Business News form Siam News Network
Thailand’s ranking on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2018 moved up to 26th from the 46th last year from 190 countries worldwide. Thailand now stands third in Asean in terms of Ease of Doing Business, behind Singapore, which remains second, and…
The Middle Kingdom has lots of room to grow if it could sort out economic distortions and optimise capital allocation. The tweaking of the one-child policy might also help In a presentation at the recent Ho Bee Professorship in Chinese…
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched today new city tourism impact data which shows that the world’s top ten fastest growing tourism cities are all in Asia. Asia Pacific City Travel & Tourism Impact, is one of a…
Thailand’s biggest coal miner and exporter Banpu Pcl is acquiring a US shale gas portfolio worth $210 million, its fifth such overseas investment play. Banpu signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire an operatorship position and gas portfolio in the…
The Royal Cremation Ceremony for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is scheduled for 25-29 October, 2017. Thursday, 26 October, will be the Royal Cremation Day, and it has been declared a public holiday in Thailand by the Royal Thai Government…
For many years, Thailand has earned notoriety in the area of road fatalities. High death tolls, mostly resulting from reckless driving, have prompted the state and its partners to invest enormously in road safety campaigns, with less-than-impressive results, however. The…
All markets showed strong growth, said TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn. In the first half of this year, Thailand welcomed 17.3 million tourists, generating Bt876 billion for its economy. TAT targets Thailand to finish 2017 with Bt1.81 trillion in tourism-related gains.…
Chinese bike-sharing startups Mobike and Ofo are expanding to several Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Singapore, betting that the push by local governments to encourage cycling will overcome the region’s structural barriers against the mode of transportation. At Thammasat…
The Belt Road Initiative promises economic development for China’s westernmost province but reality on the ground is less promising According to official Chinese data, the western province of Xinjiang grew by 7.6 percent in 2016, 0.9 percentage above the national…
Gen Prayut was speaking Monday to a gathering of 570 investors from Japan led by Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko. “When you return home, please consider investing [in Thailand] this year. This year, the country is…