Dozens dead in catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods
A wall of mud and rock appeared to collapse into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that has killed dozens of people and left hundreds of tourists missing.
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Imported EVs seen as threat to Thai automotive industry
The National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) is scheduled to meet on Sept 7 to consider concerns from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle manufacturers over rising competition from imported electric vehicles (EVs).
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Energy crisis 'drives loan'
Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has defended the government's 400-billion-baht emergency loan decree as essential to economic security as the energy crisis pushes the current-account deficit towards 600 billion baht.
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SET eager to attract more foreign funds
Foreign investors have shown strong interest in Thai equities, particularly banks, encouraged by a nearly 30% rise on the bourse this year and renewed confidence in the country's economic and political outlook, says the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
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Investment key to transformation, says Ekniti
The government aims to increase investment to 30% of gross domestic product (GDP), from around 20% now, after recording the highest investment growth rate in more than a decade in the second quarter, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Wednesday.
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Suvarnabhumi road maintenance to disrupt traffic
Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok has advised passengers to plan their journeys in advance and allow extra travel time as a maintenance project will block some traffic lanes to and from the passenger terminal from next Monday to April 7 of next year.
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