The Thai cabinet has approved the establishment of six special economic promotion zones in the Easter Economic Corridor (EEC) in eastern Thailand, with the aim of attracting investments of over 300 billion baht in future industries, such as modern automotive production, smart electronics, logistics, aviation, agriculture and biological technology. The
Brave New World! COBO Technologies and BioXpedia partner to develop and advance a new platform for Quality Control of CRISPR-edited cells. This platform is aimed at supporting the clinical development of future therapies using gene-editing tools such as CRISPR. CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as
Fallout from Tuesday's court dual pricing decision in Phetchaburi continued to reverberate around Thailand. Mr. Erwin Buse from the Netherlands had taken the Ministry of Public Health to court over dual pricing for foreigners and other groups at Hua Hin hospital. It was shown that there were four different pricing
The Economist Intelligence Unit has placed Copenhagen by evaluating 76 indicators looking into digital, health, infrastructure, environmental, and personal-security sectors. The capital of Denmark overtook Tokyo and Singapore — the usual frontrunners of the index which comprises 60 cities. Thailands capitol Bangkok was ranked as number 43 and Yangon in
To keep up with the digital era, the Thai Cabinet recently approved a draft proposed amendment (the “draft amendment”) to the Public Limited Company Act B.E. 2532 (1992) on 11 May 2021 (the “Act”). The draft amendment mainly aims to revamp the corporate processes, which are inconsistent with the current
The easing up of travel within Thailand and re-opening of restaurants, malls and small business announced by the Government of Thailand will most certainly help many out of the financial stress they have been in for a long period. The overview provided by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) provides
Obviously, there has been plans to increase the VAT rate from 7% to a yet to be known rate. However, Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to keep the value-added-tax rate unchanged at 7 percent for another two years, a government official said, to support economic activity as Thailand deals with
Regional Legal and Business News for April 2021 consisted of an Immigration Update on the extension of the quarantine period for all international travelers and restrictions on entry from India and Corporate Law News including the postponement of the enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act and Convening a Meeting under
Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in Thailand since March 2021, the Cabinet has approved new reductions in employers’ and employees’ mandatory contributions to the Social Security Fund (SSF). Contribution rates will be calculated as a percentage of each employee's monthly wages, based on a minimum and maximum monthly wage that