Board of Investment Thailand

Thailand’s Economy Just Got a Surprise Upgrade — But Half the Country Won’t Feel It

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Thailand’s economic forecasters just did something unusual: they raised their growth outlook in the middle of a year full of global uncertainty. The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) — one of Thailand’s most closely watched university-affiliated economic think tanks, roughly equivalent to how markets in the West track forecasts from a national … Read more

Thailand and Singapore Are Wiring Themselves Together Under the Ocean — Here’s Why Every AI Investor in Southeast Asia Should Care

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On September 10, 2026, two of Southeast Asia’s biggest infrastructure players announced they are going to lay new fiber-optic cable across the seabed between Thailand and Singapore. GULF (formally Gulf Development Public Company Limited, a Thai energy conglomerate listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, or SET — Thailand’s national stock market, roughly the equivalent … Read more