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The Federation of Thai Industries and the Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on the ISO/IEC 29110 Software Development Standard for Thailand-Myanmar Industrial Development, according to Myanmar’s state media.
Global New Light of Myanmar reported that the MoU was aimed at enhancing cooperation in the ICT (information and communications technology) sector of the two countries.
Thaung Su Nyein, a member of the Myanmar federation, was quoted as saying that it would also highlight human-resources development and technology transfers from Thailand.
Thirty-five people joined the Thai business delegation to explore business opportunities in the ICT sector in Myanmar.

MITR PHOL INKS FERTILISER DEAL WITH SAK SIAM

Mitr Phol Group yesterday announced its collaboration with Sak Siam Group to invest more than Bt400 million in the construction of a Soil Mate high-quality fertiliser plant in Ningming county in Guangxi, China.
The plant will have a capacity of up to 300,000 tonnes per year.
Mitr Phol Group is a global leader in the cane and sugar industry, and Sak Siam Group is a leader in the fertiliser industry with more than 30 years’ experience.

RENDEZVOUS GOES MOBILE
Many Thais arrange spontaneous lovemaking sessions on a mobile phone, with 40 per cent of respondents in a new survey admitting that they used their mobile to book a hotel room at the last minute for a hook-up.
The revelation came from a recent Hotels.com global survey of more than 20,000 respondents from 25 countries.
China leads the pack with 46 per cent spontaneous-love respondents.
At the bottom of the list are Denmark and Japan, with only 3 per cent of each nation’s respondents admitting to having done so.