Three-country links using Routes 8 and 12 instead of the transport-focused Route 9 could open up huge opportunities, suggests the Thai ambassador to Vientiane.

Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as eco-tourism routes linking the three countries rather than focusing on...

In July 2010, the Northern region economy moderated from the previous month. Export grew at a slower rate followed a decreased production of agricultural processed industry due mainly to supply shortage as a result of drought. Private investment exhibited...

BANGKOK, 30 August 2010 (NNT) – The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance estimates that the Thai economy during the third quarter of this year will continue growing despite a slowdown in exports.

FPO Director-General Satit Rangkasiri disclosed that...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the share price movements of some listed telecom companies for evidence of speculation ahead of this month's 3G wireless broadband licence auction.

The prices of the companies in question rose in a range of 17% to 60% in August but fell sharply yesterday after some of them failed to submit bid documents by Monday's deadline, said...

Special tax benefits shall ensure that the capital becomes a rapidly growing film and media city.

Copenhagen is to be much more involved in the competition for attracting films, television and computer manufacturers to the capital. Therefore, the municipality of Copenhagen works to find ways to...

The State Enterprise Policy Office's working group tasked with studying a joint high-speed train project with China worth 500 billion baht will present its findings to the Cabinet tomorrow.

Director of the State Enterprise Policy Office, or SEPO, Supha Piyajitti, disclosed today that a working group tasked with creating a framework for a 500 billion-baht train project with China headed by Korbsak Sabhavasu has completed its work.

He declined...

Cleaning firm one of the biggest employers in the world

Danish based cleaning firm ISS has become the fourth largest company in the world measured in the number of employees, reports public broadcaster DR.

The firm has a total of...

This year, Denmark has obtained a second place in the IBM and the Economist Intelligence Unit's international survey of 70 countries' ability to convert digital opportunities into social and economic development.

Recently, IBM and the Economist Intelligence Unit published their annual "Digital Economy Rankings” for 2010, formerly known as "E-readiness Rankings". The study is a ranking of...

After carrying out a major survey based on interviews with 7,500 employees in ten European countries, the US insurance giant Aon discovered that Danish workers were the least likely to pretend to be sick.

Only 4 percent of Danish employees said that they had shirked work, compared...

The UN's annual World Investment Report shows that Denmark attracts more foreign capital and invests more abroad

The global crisis has made Denmark more attractive to foreign investors. The country's investment level moves in the right direction, both in terms of...