Craft brands target Europe
Craft brands target EuropeAs a bold move to promote the country's leading brands in the global market, the Commerce Ministry has unveiled 38 Thai brands on Meisterstrasse.com, the world's largest portal site of craftsmanly products to raise awareness of the excellence of Thai crafts and designs in the global arena. Ms Malika said the launch on a global platform like Meisterstrasse.com will help create new trade opportunities for entrepreneurs, particularly for micro SMEs. According to Ms Malika, joining the global platform will increase trade opportunities for Thai entrepreneurs and create acceptance of products from Thailand at the international level. Thai brands with good quality and designs have been launched on the Meisterstrasse online platform in Europe. "New entrepreneurs, SMEs and micro SMEs currently have greater export opportunities on online platforms.
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September 14, 2021 00:11 UTC
BAY aims to raise international income
Mr Pairote said Krungsri would support customers, especially small and medium-sized enterprises growing in the region, through business matching programme. Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), under the marketing brand of Krungsri, aims to increase net income of international business to 10% by 2023 under the bank's mid-term business plan. After starting regional business operations in 2014, the net income of regional banking business accounts for 4% of Krungsri's total net income and targeting to increase to 10% in 2023, said Pairote Cheunkrut, Krungsri's chief strategy officer. Under the mid-term business plan during 2021-23 for regional business expansion, the bank aims to be present in all 10 Asean countries through different business models. MUFG is present in 50 countries with 2,500 networks worldwide, including seven Asean countries with 20 networks.
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September 13, 2021 23:48 UTC
Super looks to carbon credits for revenue
A 30-megawatt off-shore wind farm located in Vietnam, developed by Super Energy Corporation Plc. SET-listed Super Energy Corporation Plc (Super) said it plans to generate earnings from a carbon credit trade mechanism, which is expected to be a key tool in the government's attempts to reduce greenhouse gases. The amount of greenhouse reduction, known as carbon credits, generated by environmental projects can be traded, allowing companies to offset the carbon dioxide they release into the atmosphere. The 2-billion-baht project is expected to benefit from carbon credit trade. "This project can be part of carbon credit trade to serve investors as there is no problem of unsteady power source," said Mr Jormsup.
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September 13, 2021 23:48 UTC
Resisting the temptation
It takes a lot of effort to quit smoking. Without nicotine, smokers will not be addicted to e-cigarettes," explained Assoc Prof Dr Suthat Rungruanghiranya, chairman of the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University. For example, Varenicline, a medication used at many clinics, is quite successful in helping smokers quit. A person who wants to quit smoking must take Varenicline for three months, or six blister packs, which cost 7,200 baht. After that, we must push Cytisine to be on the National List of Essential Medicines," said Dr Suthat.
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September 13, 2021 23:48 UTC
Anti-torture bill overdue
This draft bill was written primarily to prevent rouge officials from torturing suspects or abducting people with critical views. Needless to say, the country has been waiting too long for this draft bill which the cabinet placed in parliament's law deliberation pipeline on Aug 27. They saw the draft bill tabled in the parliament for a final reading in 2019. MPs will convene for a meeting tomorrow to read all the proposed legislation with this draft bill listed as third in line to be dealt with. The draft bill will make criminalise torture without solely relying on physical evidence.
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September 13, 2021 23:37 UTC
Plan to build back better in SE Asia
Plan to build back better in SE AsiaThe world is at a crossroads. Strong health systems that are primary health care (PHC)-oriented, and which leave no one behind, create populations that are healthier, more productive and financially secure. In ordinary times, every dollar spent on PHC-oriented health systems yields an average return of at least nine to one. Countries of the region unanimously agree: Action to build back better essential health services cannot and must not wait. Third, better integrating health emergency and disaster risk management strategies, as well as public health emergency preparedness and response capacities, with PHC services.
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September 13, 2021 23:37 UTC
Use tech to tackle debt, says BoT
Use tech to tackle debt, says BoTBank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput giving a keynote speech at the virtual forum "The future of financial system." Digital technology should be used to tackle household debt and make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access loans, said Bank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput. Recently the central bank revealed it planned to test its Retail Central Bank Digital Currency (Retail CBDC) in the second quarter of 2022, allowing all related parties to participate in the testing process. The central bank studied and surveyed Retail CBDC implementation with all stakeholders, including consumers, financial institutions, merchants, the government sector and others. The Bank of Thailand governor reiterated that electronic payment transactions has increased to an average 251 transactions per person per year.
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September 13, 2021 23:37 UTC
Lab-grown Mozzarella gets new funds for global cheese expansion
Lab-grown Mozzarella gets new funds for global cheese expansion"Mark Post on lab-grown meat" by we-make-money-not-art is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. The company will also scale up its precision fermentation technology, it said in an emailed statement Monday. EQT Ventures led the funding round together with Elevat3 Capital and Lowercarbon Capital. Funds including Happiness Capital and Agronomics Ltd also participated. Because the products won’t contain lactose, they will be particularly appealing for the Asian market where intolerance is more common, Wohlgensinger said.
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September 13, 2021 04:18 UTC
Thai golfer Kiradech ties for second in PGA Championship
Thai golfer Kiradech ties for second in PGA ChampionshipThailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat celebrates during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water, Britain on Sunday. (Reuters photo)LONDON: Thai golf star Kiradech Aphibarnrat shot a superb closing 64 to tie for second place in the BMW PGA Championship title in a tense finish on Sunday. American Billy Horschel birdied the 18th hole to claim the in a tournament with huge implications for Europe's Ryder Cup team. "I am speechless really, and that's rare," Horschel, who has missed the U.S. Ryder Cup team, said. Five players -- Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland and Paul Casey -- had already qualified on merit for the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits from Sept 24-26.
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September 13, 2021 03:45 UTC
Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo clean up at MTV Video Music Awards
Lil Nas X shown here performing at the VMAs, where he snagged the night's top Video Of the Year awardNEW YORK - A stacked slate of artists lit up MTV's 40th annual Video Music Awards on Sunday, returning in full force to Brooklyn's Barclays Center after last year's scaled-back pandemic show. Lil Nas X scored the night's top award, Video of the Year, for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" not long after a sensual performance just days before his album is set for release September 17. Lil Nas X also performed, debuting the live version of his single "Industry Baby" with co-performer Jack Harlow and a marching band, before launching into a revival of his music video's prison shower set. In addition to performing pop, sensation Olivia Rodrigo scored three awards, including Song of the Year for "Drivers License" and Best New Artist. Justin Bieber meanwhile won Artist of the Year along with Best Pop for "Peaches."
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September 13, 2021 03:45 UTC
Vietnam to open Phu Quoc for vaccinated foreign tourists in Nov
FILE PHOTO: A sunset is seen at a resort after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Phu Quoc island, Vietnam May 8, 2020. (Reuters)Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island will be the country’s first tourist destination reopened to fully-vaccinated foreign visitors beginning in November, according to the government website, which cited the tourism administration. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh approved the plan on a pilot basis, according to the government website. International tourists must register negative for Covid-19 with a PCR test within 72 hours ahead of departing on the trip, it said. Kien Giang province has administered at least one vaccine shot to 23.6% of its population 18 or older, according to the health ministry.
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September 13, 2021 02:37 UTC
SpaceX to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
SpaceX to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbitElon Musk's company is set to launch four people into space Wednesday, on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens. WASHINGTON: SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens on board, as Elon Musk's company enters the space tourism fray. The SpaceX flight has been chartered by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payment. The exact price he paid SpaceX hasn't been disclosed, but it runs into the tens of millions of dollars. The SpaceX Crew Dragon will be flying further than the orbit of the International Space Station.
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September 13, 2021 02:26 UTC
Pope to meet Slovak Jews after warning on anti-Semitism
Pope to meet Slovak Jews after warning on anti-SemitismPope Francis is on his first foreign trip since an operation in July. BRATISLAVA: Pope Francis prepared to meet with members of Slovakia's remaining Jewish community on Monday, a day after warning of "the threat of anti-Semitism still lurking" in Europe and beyond. On Monday, he is due to meet Slovak President Zuzana Caputova and a number of political, religious and civil society leaders. - 'Fuse' of anti-Semitism -During his visit to Hungary on Sunday, the pope referred to the ongoing "threat of anti-Semitism". During his visit to Hungary, Pope Francis met the country's anti-migrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban before calling on believers to be "open and considerate".
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September 13, 2021 02:26 UTC
Pop princess Britney Spears engaged to boyfriend Sam Asghari
Britney Spears' high energy pop burst onto the global stage in the late 1990sLOS ANGELES - Pop princess Britney Spears on Sunday announced her engagement to her boyfriend Sam Asghari via social media. Spears, 39, showed off a diamond ring in an Instagram micro-video post and wrote "I can't f***ing believe it!!!!!!!" By her side in the video is her boyfriend -- now fiance -- Sam Asghari, whom she turns to and kisses on the cheek. Spears and Asghari met in 2016 when they co-starred in a music video for her single "Slumber Party." That led to her being placed under a court-ordered conservatorship largely governed by her father, Jamie Spears.
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September 13, 2021 02:15 UTC
Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines deal
Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines dealAustralia's competition regulator has blocked a deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines. SYDNEY: Australia's competition regulator on Monday definitively blocked a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines, saying the arrangement would hurt consumers. The deal would have seen the two airlines coordinate on how much fares would cost, as well as flight schedules. Qantas expressed "disappointment" at the decision, saying the deal would have helped "ensure a faster and sustained recovery from COVID". Qantas last month reported revenues had fallen Aus$12 billion (US$9 billion) in the last financial year as travel dried up.
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September 13, 2021 02:15 UTC