AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoDigital Payments: Thailand’s central bank joined Singapore and Malaysia in work on cross-border digital money settlement. Separately, the WORPT wallet lets foreign visitors convert USDT or USDC to baht for QR PromptPay purchases under an SEC sandbox. Factory Investment: Haier has broken ground on a US$150 million first phase of a Rayong washing-machine plant, designed to make one million units annually and eventually scale to three million. Electronics Growth: Investment applications in Thailand rose 28% in the first nine months to 1.71 trillion baht, led by digital infrastructure and electronics; electronics also powered record September shipments as farm exports weakened. Thai Research: A study using fungi collected in Thai national parks found Cordyceps produce markedly different chemical compounds inside infected insects than in lab cultures, offering new insight into how the fungi attack their hosts. Security Technology: Thailand has received Israel’s ARBEL anti-drone system.
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