Mr. Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), together with Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, and a team from the Creative Economy Agency, visited Studio Park in Samut Prakan, on 2 September 2022, where they were welcomed by Mr. Chayanont Uli, CEO. The two sides discussed the creative industries’ outlook and development of Thailand’s soft power.
Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), handed to Mr. Prawit Vijittanakul, Commercial Manager of BYD Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., as the company’s representative, the Investment Promotion Certificate for BYD’s 17.9 billion baht (ca. US$490 million) investment in a ‘new energy’ passenger vehicle plant in Rayong province, on 8 September 2022. The investment by the fully-owned unit of China’s BYD was approved by the BOI board in August under the incentive package to promote the manufacturing of electric vehicles (EV) and make Thailand the region’s EV supply chain hub.
Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), attended an event to mark the grand opening of Alibaba's first data centre in Thailand held at Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok on 30 June 2022. Alibaba was represented by Mr. Selina Yuan, Vice President, Alibaba Group, and President, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International, Dr. Derek Wang, General Manager for Singapore, South Asia and Thailand, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. Also present were Mr. Thanasorn Jaidee, President of True Digital Park Co.,Ltd, and Ms. Pornpen Kaewsurapol, General Manger, COM7 Public Company Limited.
Mr. Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), together with Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, welcomed Ms. June Ko, Executive Director, The Global Association for the Attractions Industry (IAAPA) Asia Pacific, on 22 June 2022, to discuss investment promotion in the tourism industry and preparations for the IAAPA APAC Trade Summit 2022 to be held in Thailand in October 2022.