On 24 July 2013, Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, officially launched the Business Information Center (BIC) and website ThaiBiz.net at Vithes Samosorn Hall, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 

The BIC is a mechanism by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support Thailand’s economic diplomacy, with an emphasis on producing tangible outcomes. It allows Thai entrepreneurs to connect into a network of information and services that covers all markets worldwide, through nodes operated under the supervision of Royal Thai Embassies and Consulates-General throughout the world as well as overseas Thai economic agencies under Team Thailand.
 

The Center provides a variety of services. It facilitates Thai private sector parties wishing to join missions led by the Prime Minister to strengthen economic cooperation with other countries. It also disseminates information on trade regulations and economic movements in noteworthy overseas markets, organizing business matching events for Thai and foreign traders and investors. In addition, the Center also lists trade exhibitions overseas, and provides the Thai private sector with information on how to do business in potential overseas markets. The Center also shares good management principles and foreign innovations to promote higher value creation and greater competitiveness in the Thai business community.
 

Further information may be obtained by telephone at tel. no. 02 203 5000 ext. 14245, by fax at no. 02 643 5236, by email at [email protected] or at the website www.thaibiz.net.
 

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24 July 2013