Thailand and Singapore Set to Ink Five-Year Rice Trade Pact During PM’s Visit

BANGKOK – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul embarked on a one-day official visit to Singapore today, with a key focus on finalizing a significant five-year rice trade agreement between the two nations. The trip, undertaken at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, also commemorates the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two ASEAN […]

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Thailand approves world’s largest free trade agreement

Thailand submitted to the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) its ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and reaffirmed that the world’s largest free trade agreement will enter into force next January 1 as scheduled, the Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reported. The newspaper quoted a source in Thailand’s Commerce […]

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House panel probes noise problem caused by Thai and Singapore air force flights at Udon Thani airbase

Thailand’s House Foreign Affairs Committee was in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani on Wednesday to investigate complaints from locals living in the vicinity of the Royal Thai Air Force’s airbase about the deafening noise from the Thai and Singaporean air force F-16 fighter jets. During the visit, the parliamentary committee met with Group Captain […]

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