Markets

Markets policy and regulation

Farming cooperatives to accept pledges of 2 million tonnes of paddy from farmers

Seventy-three farming cooperatives in 13 provinces are expected to be able to accept pledges of two million tonnes of paddy from farmers worth about 23 billion baht, said agriculture inspector-general Prinya Pergsombat on November 7. Prinya made the above remark after having met representatives of ...

Cambodia, Vietnam to build market on border

The Vietnamese government on 27 July agreed in principle to provide a grant of $2 million to Cambodia to build a model market aimed at boosting cross-border trade between the two countries, officials at Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce said. The market will be constructed on 1.5 ...

Reprieve on cards for flower market

Poor management of City Hall’s proposal to move traders from Bangkok’s historic flower market, Pak Khlong Talat, may end up prolonging the market’s life — albeit temporarily. The deadline to ban over 1,000 street vendors from Pak Khlong Talat is 29 February. No formal announcement on an ...

DSI officials rescued by troops, police from angry Cambodian vendors

Over 100 Cambodian vendors attacked and besieged some 10 Department of Special Investigation officials and representatives of major brands at Thailand’s Rongklua Market in Sakaew on 3 February, injuring several officials. The DSI officials tried to arrest a Cambodian female vendor for allegedly selling imitated goods at ...

New Thongkhankham market rises from the ashes

The building that will house the new Thongkhankham market in Chanthabouly district, Vientiane, is now 50 percent complete and it is expected the whole complex will be finished by the end of this year. The modern five-storey complex and its two underground parking levels are a ...

Government hands down ruling in market dispute

A bitter dispute over the development of the main market in Ratanakkiri province’s Banlung City, which has pitted the city’s governor against a well-connected CPP lawmaker, was resolved by the Council of Ministers earlier this month in favor of the complainant, a wealthy businessman who ...

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