THAI board resolves to acquire new fleet
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - The board of Thai Airways International (THAI), the national flag carrier, has approved a plan to procure a new fleet of 37 airplanes and spare engines, worth some 216 billi
Regional business operators urged to exercise tax privileges
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - Thai Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot is leading a Thai delegation to attend the 17th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Retreat in Vientiane, Laos' capital, held f
Thailand to completely ban Chrysotile mineral
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has encouraged members of the public to work towards a “Chrysotile-free Thai society” by the end of this year in order to protect them
Thai government to raise public awareness on ASEAN and SE Asia
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - The Thai government through its major media agencies, the Public Relations Department and MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT), has announced that the Democrat Party-led admin
Thai PM insists on freezing diesel prices
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Saturday (Feb 26) that political problems in the Middle East and the North African region have affected world diesel prices, bu
Thai authorities begin compensating villagers affected by Thai-Cambodian border rows
SI SA KET, Feb 26 (TNA) - Authorities from the disaster prevention and mitigation office in Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket Province have begun handing out financial assistance to villagers of Ba
UNESCO backs UN resolution on settling Thai-Cambodian border rows through bilateral mechanisms
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - A visiting special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)--who met Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Thai Foreign Min
First batch of Thai workers arrive home from Libya
BANGOK, Feb 26 (TNA) - The first lot of 33 Thai workers in Libya has returned to Bangkok by a Qatar airways flight Saturday morning--following their safe evacuation from the riot-torn North African
Thailand sends identity verification team to New Zealand
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (TNA) - A team of identity verification officials from the Royal Thai Police will leave for New Zealand on Saturday to look for six Thai people who have been missing after a strong
Thai private sector urged to be prepared for AEC
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (TNA) - Thai business operators have been urged to be prepared for trade liberalization in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is scheduled to be established by 2015.
