Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha (Source: bangkokpost)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has affirmeda goal of improving the role of Thailand in digital development in ASEAN at theopening ceremony of the Big Bang 2018 recently held in Bangkok.
According to the PM, digital technology is one of the driving forces to boosteconomic development, production, trade, services and education. It is also afocus of Thailand’s 20-year national strategy.
As ASEAN Chair next year, Thailand will consider this a chance to promotedigital development among regional countries, he said.
According to the ranking of the IMD World Competitiveness Centre (IMD), thedigital competitiveness index of Thailand jumped from 41st place in2017 to 39th in 2018. In Southeast Asia, Singapore ranked first,followed by Malaysia (27th), the Philippines (56th) andIndonesia (62nd). Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are not namedin the ranking.
Recently, Thai media reported that the country’s Ministry of Digital Economyand Society is drafting a roadmap on building digital economy and society inline with the orientation of the Thai Government. The roadmap is scheduled tobe implemented from 2019.
It aims to support the provision of the Government’s services to the public withoutadministrative papers. The Government will supply the one-stop-shop service inall rural areas across the nation.
At first, the Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society will launch theidentity card (ID) programme after submitting it to the National LegislativeAssembly (NLA) for approval this October.
If passed, the programme will help banks expand the number of accounts viadigital lending on the Internet and smart phones.-VNA
According to the PM, digital technology is one of the driving forces to boosteconomic development, production, trade, services and education. It is also afocus of Thailand’s 20-year national strategy.
As ASEAN Chair next year, Thailand will consider this a chance to promotedigital development among regional countries, he said.
According to the ranking of the IMD World Competitiveness Centre (IMD), thedigital competitiveness index of Thailand jumped from 41st place in2017 to 39th in 2018. In Southeast Asia, Singapore ranked first,followed by Malaysia (27th), the Philippines (56th) andIndonesia (62nd). Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are not namedin the ranking.
Recently, Thai media reported that the country’s Ministry of Digital Economyand Society is drafting a roadmap on building digital economy and society inline with the orientation of the Thai Government. The roadmap is scheduled tobe implemented from 2019.
It aims to support the provision of the Government’s services to the public withoutadministrative papers. The Government will supply the one-stop-shop service inall rural areas across the nation.
At first, the Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society will launch theidentity card (ID) programme after submitting it to the National LegislativeAssembly (NLA) for approval this October.
If passed, the programme will help banks expand the number of accounts viadigital lending on the Internet and smart phones.-VNA
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