Thailandia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »If you want to win, you have to fight.
— Thai proverb
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Foreign funds drive baht
Year-to-date net foreign inflows into Thai bonds have reached 47 billion baht, with foreign investors viewing Thailand as a destination to park their funds.
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State keen to retain border trade growth
Thailand's border trade is expected to grow 10-14% this year from an estimated 1.6 trillion baht in 2017, driven by growing demand for Thai goods, underlining the importance of partnerships on trade and investment as well as working to improve trade with minor cities in neighbouring countries.
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SEC: Bitcoin futures are kosher
Despite allowing Thai investors to speculate on bitcoin via an international global derivatives trading service, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has insisted bitcoin futures is a regulated futures contract even as bitcoin itself is not legal tender in Thailand.
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Raising funds from the rising sun
Last year saw a wave of foreign investment in the Thai property market in the form of project-by-project development joint ventures.
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Thai stocks flat, Philippines hits record high
Philippine shares jumped the most in a year on Tuesday, hitting a record high on foreign buying, while Vietnam climbed for a second straight session to a fresh 10-year high.
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TCG plan to hike SME credit access
The state-owned Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) plans to extend its credit guarantee service for leasing and factoring offered by non-bank companies from this quarter, in a move to give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) better access to finance.
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Thai junta stakes legacy on industrial plan
Government seeks to revitalise economy with $47bn infrastructure project
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Falling farm prices, currency hit Thai-Myanmar trade
TAK: Trade value across the border with Myanmar border in Mae Sot district dropped more than 10% last year on falling prices in the agricultural sector and a drop in the value of the kyat.
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Brisk business on the cards for Thai exports despite risks
Thai exports will keep rising in 2018, fuelled by a 9.2% increase in global exports and the economic recovery of Thailand's major trade partners: the US, Japan, China and Europe.
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SET opens up 5.31 to 1,748.60
Thai stocks opened up 0.30% at the start of trade this morning.
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Global trade to lift Thai GDP
Spillover effects on the Thai economy from improving global trade are expected to continue into 2018, while this year's GDP growth could outpace the October forecast of 3.8% made by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
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SET opens up 3.21 to 1,756.10
Thai stocks opened up 0.18% at the start of trade this morning.
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Travel agents attract 6.8% increase in Asian travellers
The number of foreign tourists using the services of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) has surged significantly this year as the Asian market grows.
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SET opens up 4.46 to 1,756.94
Thai stocks opened up 0.25% at the start of trade this morning.
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Thai e-commerce targets leader status in Asean
The Department of Business Development (DBD) has plans to nurture e-retailing in Thailand over the next few years and make it the highest-valued online market in Southeast Asia.
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SET opens up 0.42 to 1,750.64
Thai stocks opened up 0.02% at the start of trade this morning.
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Our privacy in peril
Here we go again. This is what I think whenever I walk into the large shopping mall near my home in Bangkok. Instead of free space where shoppers can enjoy roaming and browsing, these days the aisles are clogged by commercial booths, sometimes for car sales, which require a large ...
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SET opens up 3.58 to 1,745.66
Thai stocks opened up 0.21% at the start of trade this morning.
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SET opens up 2.14 to 1,739.05
Thai stocks opened up 0.12% at the start of trade this morning.
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Somkid: Thailand to take off next year
After two decades of being hamstrung by several problems, the Thai economy will take off next year, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak declared on Thursday.
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Fitch bestows stout ThaiBev with 'BBB'
Fitch Ratings Thailand Ltd has placed Thai Beverage Plc's (ThaiBev) long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at 'BBB' and national long-term rating at 'AA+(tha)' on the Ratings Watch Negative (RWN) list after the company announced on Dec 18 it will buy 53.59% of the common shares of Saigon Beer Alcohol ...