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State budget passes second, third readings
The Bt2.7-trillion fiscal 2015-16 budget yesterday passed its second and third readings at the National Legislative Assembly.
“The prime minister said this budget will certainly be used with transparency and traceability, directly abiding by the law, for the nation’s highest benefit,” Deputy Prime Minister Visanu Krua-ngam said.
Bid documents available
Interested companies can pick up bid documents for 1,800-megahertz licences from today until September 28.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has prepared 20 sets. The companies can submit their application on September 30 with a Bt500,000 fee and pay 5 per cent of the minimum licence price as a guarantee.
The three major telecoms – Advanced Info Service, Total Access Communication (DTAC) and True Corp – are expected to pick up a set today. The NBTC plans to auction two licences with 15MHz bandwidth each. The minimum starting offer is set at Bt15.91 billion.
However, if CAT Telecom and DTAC fail to hand over 5MHz of bandwidth on schedule to the NBTC, it will go back to the original plan of auctioning two licences with 12.5MHz each at a minimum starting offer of Bt13.26 billion.
VN textile market eyed
A Thai delegation of more than 400 garment, textile and footwear firms are visiting Vietnam to check out the domestic market. The y have already spoken to many local firms in Ho Chi Minh City.
Malinee Harnboonsong, director of the Thai Trade Centre in the city, said yesterday that Thai businesses hoped to understand Vietnamese consumption demands and explore market potential.
Thai trade and investment agencies have funded their participation in fairs and exhibitions, and encouraged exchanges, she said.
The Thais will visit garment-textile and footwear plants in Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.
Nguyen The Hung, deputy director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Ho Chi Minh City branch, said that Thai products were popular in Vietnam and that more Vietnamese goods were present in the Thai market.
– Viet Nam News, Asia News Network
