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Thailand channelling 1.83 billion baht to improve Laos’ R12 highway

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND HAS OFFERED to provide a sum of 1.83 billion baht in funding for the planned improvement of R12 highway in middle Laos which could significantly facilitate land-based, cross-border trading among the Greater Mekong Subregion countries. Deputy government spokesperson Kenika Oonjit confirmed today (Apr. 18) the Thai government has resolved

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All digital wallet funding to come from govt sources

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL FUNDING FOR the Pheu Thai-initiated, digital wallet handout campaign will directly come from government financial sources  in lieu of the earlier-planned borrowing of loans from outside. An ad hoc government committee for the 10,000-baht digital wallet project, chaired by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin who concurrently performs as finance minister,

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No loans, govt-run funds to finance digital wallet project: Julapun

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DIGITAL WALLET project will by no means be financed by any government-run funds or loans as otherwise speculated, said Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Sep.11). During the Pheu Thai-led government’s policy statement delivered to lawmakers at parliament, Julapun categorically dismissed speculation that those government-administered funds such as the

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