Leaders of ASEAN countries and ASEAN secretary-general are seen during a photo session of the 14th Summit opening ceremony.
Thailand has decided to hold the 15th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during October 23-25 in two well-known adjoining beach resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin instead of the island province of Phuket.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday told reporters after the meeting among concerned agencies that the 15th ASEAN Summit and related meetings will take place in the seaside towns of Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, …

Your Royal Highness,
Ministers,
The Secretary-General of ASEAN,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,

Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
It is indeed my great pleasure to welcome all of you to the 42nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and to the island of Phuket, the “Pearl of the Andaman Sea.”
We gather here today in a city and province with a rich history – a city that has grown from a mining centre into a world famous tourism destination; a province that bravely weathered the devastation of the Tsunami of 2004 and has revitalised itself with the dynamic local economy that we …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today said when the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) become a single economic community in 2015, the ASEAN Community should be “a community of action, connectivity and peoples”.
In his keynote address to mark the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket, PM Abhisit, on behalf of the chair of the 10-nation bloc, expressed confident that ASEAN will continue to move forward towards the goal of becoming a community so the member countries should begin to think about what type of community …

Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva
Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today said he would extend an invitation to US President Barack Obama to visit Thailand via the US Secretary of State.
According to a report of the state-run Thai News Agency (TNA), Prime Minister Abhisit disclosed during his weekly television and radio address that his invitation to the US president will be made via US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will arrive in Thailand on Tuesday and later meet with the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during …

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said Thailand is unlikely to encounter an economic deflation, due to the government’s plan to inject 800 billion baht into the country’s economy through its economic stimulus programmes.
Abhisit said he believes that after the government invests such a huge amount of 800- billion-baht budget through various stimulus programmes, domestic consumer prices would be supported as the funds could generate more employment and money would circulate in the system.
Therefore, the premier said, the economic deflation will not occur, adding that the government has opted to borrow …

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is scheduled to today give a lecture on democracy at St John’s College, Oxford University, as a part of his activities during a three-day official visit to Britain.
The Oxford-graduated Thai PM, whose visit at the invitation of the British government began yesterday, will speak on “Taking on the Challenges of Democracy”, expectedly with a focus on his ideas on how to develop democracy and reform Thai politics with a minimum government intervention by allowing a neutral institution to undertake the study for further implementation toward …