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Lotus's hypermarket, in collaboration with True Digital, on Monday officially launched Lotus's Pick & Go by True Digital -- Thailand's first smart unmanned store -- at Lotus's North Ratchapruek community centre flagship store, reflecting their adoption of the latest technology to transform the retail industry.

The Revenue Department is encouraging entrepreneurs to use the digital tax system, which will make value-added tax (VAT) refunds five times faster than they currently are, says the director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain market share globally, with Thailand and Indonesia being key markets within Asean, says a research agency.

The Bank of Thailand aims to cut persistent debt in order to reduce the burden of households and help consumers exit from the debt cycle faster.

Outbound tourism operators say there have been no cancellations among tour groups scheduled to travel to France, despite riots taking place in major cities, as these tourists have already paid for their holidays.

SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) continues to expand its non-oil businesses overseas by opening a laundry service at its filling station in Cambodia.

The executive board of the Football Association of Thailand on Monday asked Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang to refrain from resigning as the FAT president to "avoid being sanctioned by Fifa".

Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine is recruiting volunteers to take part in a new study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Moderna bivalent Covid-19 vaccine in protecting against new sub-variants of the Omicron virus and whether or not it should be recommended as an alternative booster shot in Thailand.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has come up with a plan to improve the promenade along the banks of Klong Phadung Krung Kasem, one of the three canals which run through Rattanakosin Island.

The Department of Mineral Resources is studying whether to include a hidden fault responsible for tremors of 4.5 on the Richter scale in Phitsanulok and Phichit provinces that caused minor damage to houses, temples, schools and a hospital on a list of the country's active fault lines.

Central Retail Corporation (CRC), the country's biggest retailer, has launched the world's first immersive retail platform to let more customers access its products.