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Lexology
March 19, 2018
To ensure that Thailand's post-market monitoring procedures and requirements meet the standards of the Association of South East Asian Nations, the Ministry of Public Health issued a notification on the procedures for the submission of Device Defect Reports or Adverse Event Reports and the ensuingÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 19, 2018
Thailand's booming tourism industry, which accounts for up to 20 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, is seeing a continuous rise in the number of tourists each year. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has projected that 37.5 million tourists will visit Thailand in 2018, up from last year's figure ofÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 19, 2018
As a member of the ICAO, Thailand needs to submit air accident investigation reports promptly -- something that Thai transport authorities have been slow in doing. Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Weerachai Songmetra, said aircraft accidents were generally the responsibility of police located closest toÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 16, 2018
"We aim to hold more trade visits and trade fairs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Malaysia this year to help accelerate trade between Thailand our neighbors," said Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Commerce Ministry's Department of Foreign Trade, which oversees border trade issues.
The Nation
March 12, 2018
THE FIRST SHIPMENT of fish imported to Thailand from Japan's Fukushima prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster has been declared safe ... readings of Cesium radioactive contamination still much lower than the Public Health Ministry's limit of no more than 500 Bq (becquerel) per kilogram.
Modern Diplomacy
March 12, 2018
The project supported Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam to design government-led interventions to boost investment in energy-efficient buildings. The project brought together ministries, local authorities, representatives from the construction sector, civil society and developers through aÃâà...
BTCMANAGER
March 12, 2018
According to the news outlet Thai Rath, a unique set of laws to regulate the cryptocurrency market in Thailand were being formulated. This announcement was ... cryptocurrency market. The four groups involved are the Ministry of Finance, the Anti-Money Laundering office, the Bank of Thailand, and TSEC.
Finance Magnates
March 12, 2018
The Thai Fintech Association (TFA) supported the proposal for the SEC to take the charge, and the TFA's chairman Korn Chatikavanij revealed that the agency has consulted with the SEC, the Bank of Thailand and the finance ministry about imposing regulatory rules properly. Mr. Korn, also a former financeÃâà...
Chiang Rai Times
March 10, 2018
CHIANG RAI – Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has convened a meeting to discuss the ongoing air pollution in nine provinces and is preparing to hand out 290,000 pollution resistant masks to people in all affected areas. While chairing a video conference with local health agencies, Deputy PermanentÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 10, 2018
Thailand is being urged to set aside some of its ample foreign reserves for a fund to raise proceeds to finance aid packages for the elderly. ... Mr Somkid said the Thai government does not have a position on the proposal, adding that Thais are quite conservative about ideas to allocate foreign reserves forÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 9, 2018
The Thai government lodged a formal protest. Culture Minister Veera Rojpojchanarat said sex tourism had declined after measures taken by the government. “Thailand has improved a lot in this issue. After the ministry of culture worked on promoting morality, this issue has improved a lot,” Veera said.
The Nation
March 9, 2018
This cooperation will be enhanced through information sharing and periodical discussions between Japanese and Thai authorities, the Bank announced. This collaboration marks a key milestone in strengthening bilateral financial cooperation between Japan and Thailand, it said. The authorities believeÃâà...
The Star Online
March 8, 2018
BANJUL: Gambia apologised to Thailand after its foreign minister said the Asian country was a haven for sex tourists, sparking a strongly worded protest from Bangkok. ... “After the ministry of culture worked on promoting morality, this issue has improved a lot,” Veera told reporters, according to Thai media.
Nikkei Asian Review
March 8, 2018
"But what the local steelmakers are concerned [about] the most is the possibility that global steelmakers could switch to dump their steel on the Thai market to offset losses from falling steel exports to the U.S.," said Wanchai Varavithya, a deputy-director of the Thai Commerce Ministry's Department ofÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 7, 2018
"Thailand has improved a lot in this issue. After the ministry of culture worked on promoting morality, this issue has improved a lot," Veera told reporters, according to Thai media. A Gambian foreign ministry statement Tuesday said it "regrets the unfortunate comments made by the Minister of Tourism andÃâà...
africanews
March 7, 2018
Thai Culture minister Veera Rojpojchanarat is on record to have said that sex tourism used to be prevalent but has since dropped because of the country's focus on “morality.” “Thailand has improved a lot in this issue. After the Ministry of Culture worked on promoting morality, this issue has improved a lot,”Ãâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
BANGKOK -- The Thai government plans to issue bonds to raise roughly 30 billion baht ($963 million) to fund projects aimed at cutting an oversupply of ... The Ministry of Agriculture plans to cut annual supply by as much as 1 million tons to 3.3 million tons before year-end, the minister of the departmentÃâà...
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
December 31, 1999
The drafts themselves highlight plans to collect a capital gains tax of up to 15 percent on “digital asset” profits – defined as “cryptocurrencies, digital tokens and other assets in the form of electronic data”, according to Thailand's Finance Ministry. In addition, the government will require all actors involved inÃâà...
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
December 31, 1999
Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on health cooperation with Thailand's Minister of Public Health, Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, Bangkok, Thailand on March 2. A press release from the health ministry states that the signing represents an unprecedentedÃâà...
