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Investments by state enterprises surged 31 per cent year on year for the first nine months of this year, fuelled by accelerated investment by state enterprises with large investment budgets, according to the State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) 
Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of Sepo, said that those agencies speeding up their investments included the National Housing Authority (NHA), the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA),the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT), PTT Plc, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and Cat Telecom Plc.
The increased investments was a major factor the country’s steady economic growth, he said.
Chanvit Nakburee, Sepo deputy director and spokesman, said that, as of September, the accumulated disbursement of investment budgets at state enterprises was Bt231.28 billion, marking 81 per cent of the planned allocation.
Those with large investment budgets and disbursements include MRTA, NHA, PAT, PTT, Egat, MEA and Cat Telecom.

VIETJET BACKS TOURISM PUSH

Vietjet Thailand has held an “Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018 Take-Off” event to unveil its new aircraft livery. The event, on the first day of the Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018 campaign, was attended by the Minister for Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, and the Vietnamese ambassador .
The event was one of the main activities in the cooperation framework between Vietjet Thailand and Ministry of Tourism and Sports to promote tourism in 2018, under the slogan “Unique Thai Local Experience”.