Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Thailand has maintained its strongposition in investment and public health in the eyes of the internationalcommunity.
Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said Thailand has topped this year’sranking in Bloomberg’s Top Emerging Markets list, which indicates potential forthe country’s economic recovery, supported by the government’s economicstimulus and investment promotion measures.
Thailand claimed the number one spot on the US News’s “Best Countries to Starta Business 2020”. It also came second in the US News’s “Best Countries toInvest In 2020”. The leading positions were secured as the world’s leadingcredit rating agencies, Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s,maintained Thailand’s rating at BBB with a stable outlook.
On public health, Thailand emerged the best country for the COVID-19 recoveryeffort last year, in the Global COVID-19 Index, by Malaysia’s PerformanceManagement and Delivery Unit (Pemandu). Meanwhile, Thailand came fourth in the“Best-Performing Countries in Suppression Coronavirus 2020” rating, by theAustralian-based Lowry Institute, and sixth place in “Global Health SecurityIndex 2019” by Johns Hopkins University Research in the US./.