Supachai Panitchpakdi, former secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and ex-director-general of the World Trade Organisation, urged Thailand to push for a sustainable economy proactively and play a more important role on the world stage.

Like their peers elsewhere in the country, youths in Nan are increasingly influenced by Western culture and modern lifestyles, but a project has recently been implemented to empower the province's youngsters to help preserve their hometowns' dying cultura