Country might end up being ‘worldwide powerhouse’
Thailand has the prospective to end up being an essential logistics center in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) through its Eastern Economic Passage (EEC), an online forum was informed.
” When we interact to satisfy the capacity of the EEC, Thailand and the GMS can end up being a powerhouse throughout the world,” stated Narongchai Akrasanee, guiding committee chairman of the Mekong Institute, at the opening of the GMS Logistics Online forum kept in Pattaya on Thursday.
Mr Narongchai stated connection in the logistics and transportation sectors, particularly in the EEC, is an essential action Thailand requires to require to improve its competitive benefit in the worldwide market.
Advancement tasks such as the Don Mueang– Suvarnabhumi– U-Tapao high-speed train and the growth of the sea port at Laem Chabang and Map Ta Phut in the EEC might change Thailand into a logistics center in GMS.
Hosted by the Thailand Convention and Exhibit Bureau (TCEB), Mekong Institute, E-Commerce and Logistics Asean Association, the Bangkok Post, the Economic Eastern Passage, GMS-FRETA, and the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand (JFCCT), the online forum provided chances for enhancing logistics and transportation procedures in a series of activities running till tomorrow.
Chiruit Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, president of the TCEB, stated more comprehensive public-private partnership can open financial capacity in the EEC.
He included that tapping existing channels such as MICE (Conferences, Rewards, Conventions, and Exhibits) can display the worth of the EEC to a broader audience to increase global financial investments.
” By discussing the advantages of the EEC throughout all sectors of society, we construct ownership for transformative modification which will see the GMS advance not simply in logistics and transportation however in technological development and market methods,” he stated.
Suriyan Vichitlekarn, executive director of the Mekong Institute, stated he motivated federal government, service, and economic sector agents to make the most of the policy conversations, targeted options, and useful techniques highlighted throughout the Online forum’s activities.
At the online forum, prime movers provided logistics and facilities efforts and financial investment chances in the EEC, consisting of useful steps to reduce the effects of Covid-19.
Business Online forum was followed by an organization networking and matching session and item displays for company and business to exchange insights and link networks to cause profitable financial investments. A check out to EEC centers will be set up today.
