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Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 10 months of this year totaled US$5.27 billion, down 28.25 percent year-on-year, the Investment Commission said yesterday. The number of approved cases also fell 23.12 percent from a year earlier to 2,230, it said. The commission attributed the decline to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a damper on foreign investment in Taiwan. <strong>PANDEMIC</strong> “COVID-19 continues to affect investment, including business travel...

Vaccine inequality is hurting Asias poor and the rest of the world Vaccine inequality is hurting Asias poor and the rest of the world Posted: Jul 6, 2021 9:31 PM Updated: Jul 6, 2021 9:31 PM Posted By: By Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN Business Crowded factories in Asias manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through most of the world last year. By the end of 2020, Thailand and Vietnam had reported fewer than 200 deaths between them, and Cambodia and Laos di...

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Business Crowded factories in Asia’s manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through most of the world last year. By the end of 2020, Thailand and Vietnam had reported fewer than 200 deaths between them, and Cambodia and Laos didn’t report any at all. But that changed this spring as many parts of Asia battled stubborn Covid-19 outbreaks that have infiltrated factories and other businesses critical to the global supply chain, threatening to...

Vaccine inequality is hurting Asias poor -- and the rest of the world CNN 7 hrs ago By Jessie Yeung, CNN Business © Stringer/Reuters Migrant workers from Myanmar pass their time near their mosquito net tents at Cal-Comp Electronics factory while under quarantine, Phetchaburi, Thailand June 8, 2021. Picture taken June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. Crowded factories in Asias manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through mos...

There were 35 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,680 new cases in the country over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.

Thailand's economy relies on exports and to a lesser extent tourism. With the arrival of large shipments of vaccines, business leaders hope the economy finally has a salve.

City Hall is keeping a close watch on the Ratchaprasong and Pratunam areas in Bangkok to prevent the emergence of a new Covid-19 cluster, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Health authorities reported another 38 Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday and 3,440 new cases.

PHETCHABURI: Another 165 new coronavirus infections have been confirmed at a Cal-Comp Electronics factory in Khao Yoi district, pushing the total over the past three weeks past 6,000.

BANGKOK: Thailand is redoubling efforts to stop the coronavirus spread in labor camps, factories and markets as the number of new reported cases surged Monday to the highest level so far.A government spokesman said public health authorities met with labor and industry officials to discuss better ways to curb infections that are concentrated in crowded, high-risk places.The