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BOI Proposes New Smart Visa Rules to Lure Foreign Talent, Digital Nomads
December 15, 2020
The Board of Investment (BOI) will ask the Cabinet to approve new smart visa rules designed to attract more overseas talent to work in Thailand.
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Daimler Updates EV Launches and Source Plants
December 14, 2020
Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP) has a battery production facility in Bangkok, Thailand which began operations in 2019.
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Thailand Now Offers 'Special Tourist Visa' to Visitors from around the World
December 14, 2020
The Royal Thai Government is now allowing long-stay visitors from around the world to apply for the ‘Special Tourist Visa’ (STV), previously available only to travellers from countries considered low- to medium-risk for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BOI Spots Opportunities amid Disruption
December 12, 2020
The pandemic has given rise to greater investment opportunity for Thailand in medical services, wellness and high technology. The Thai government aims for next year to be a year of economic restructuring and investment with the goal being to ...
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Excise Eyes Levy Rejig to Promote EVs
December 11, 2020
The Excise Department is studying a restructuring of the entire vehicle excise tax, as it wants to gear measures to facilitate the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and reduce fossil fuel use in Thailand.
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Thailand’s Medical Hub Golden Opportunity
December 11, 2020
Another well-received “5 First S-Curve Virtual Conference” was webcast on December 4, 2020. The second episode in the series was headed, “Thailand Medical Hub: New Center of Thai Economy”.
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Thailand to Reopen to the Outside World Next Year, Minister Says
December 10, 2020
“Optimistically, I think by the second half of next year, our economy should be recovered,” Mr. Arkhom said. “We project our economic growth at about 4 percent,” the same rate of growth Thailand achieved in 2018.
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EIC: Thai Economy to Grow 3.8% in 2021
December 10, 2020
With the government’s stimulus measures being the main driver of economic recovery, the Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has forecast that the Thai economy will grow 3.8 percent next year.
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Federation of Thai Industries Foresees Local and Global Recovery
December 09, 2020
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) believes Thai tourism may recover as soon as the third quarter next year as a result of the improving global economy, driven by the development of Covid-19 vaccines.
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