Thailand has issued a regulation on advertising content—including language-related requirements—securing the right of consumers to clear and fair advertising. The Committee on Advertisement, a subcommittee of the Consumer Protection Board under the Consumer Protection Act B.E. 2560 (2017) (the CPA), laid out the rules in Notification Re: Guidelines on
According to our member company Tilleke & Gibbins, the Contract Committee of Thailand’s Consumer Protection Board has issued new requirements and prohibitions for consumer loan agreements. The Notification of the Contract Committee Re: Stipulation of Loan Business for Consumers as a Contract-Controlled Business B.E. 2565 (2022) was published in
Topping this year's ranking being the worlds best workplace was Novo Nordisk, the global healthcare company with almost a century of innovation and leadership in diabetes care followed by Takeda, the leading global healthcare company. Dell secured the third position among the world top 20 most performing organizations. With
The Minister for Tourism Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, informed the press lately that the planned tourism fee of 300 THB is still to be implemented and in this regard it has been suggested to enforce the fee from 1 June 2023. The fee will likely to be integrated into booking systems
Kicking off 2023, Japan retains the lead as the most powerful passport in the world, securing entry into 193 countries, followed closely by Singapore and South Korea with 192 countries. Denmark is however close with 188 countries, securing a spot in the 5th highest ranking segment along with Austria,
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has issued a set of seven rules which will apply to all non-Thai arrivals between January 9th and 31st. The situation has sent waves of chaos throughout the foreign tourism industry with travel agents in France, Germany, Scandinavia and Russia warning that
Recently, the World Bank Group released the updated economic monitor of Thailand, evaluating on Q3 results, along with future perspective on the economy. In Q3 the export growth of Thailand slowed down which is seen generally in the ASEAN region, which is consistent with expected developments as a consequence
Following New Years Eve on January 9th, any driver committing a traffic violation, will in addition to facing legal charges, also get points deducted from a newly introduced system, that will promote driving safely. Casualties as a direct consequence of traffic soars to over 22.000 pr. year, leaves Thailand
The chamber has recently been informed by Danes Worldwide about opportunities for acquiring the MitID registration. Banks now require MitID to login, and this is causing problems since the NemID was outphased as of 31 October 2022. Here are three ways, to solve the MitID issues: 1. Danes are