Singapore hails Thailand a leading digital nation in ASEAN

Petch PetpailinTuesday, June 7, 2022Last Updated: Thursday, December 21, 2023

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Singapore hails Thailand a leading digital nation in ASEAN — Photo via Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

Photo via Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

The Digital Economy and Society Minister, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, travelled to Singapore yesterday to sign a digital partnership agreement with Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong.

Chaiwut, together with the Thai ambassador to Singapore, and the Thai PM’s secretary, met with Gan Kim Yong and agreed to promote 8 items on the MoU agenda, including digital transformation, e-commerce policies, fake news centre, government data centre and cloud service, personal data protection, investment in Thailand’s Digital Valley and IoT Institute, and the development in digital skills and literacy.

Chaiwut and his team also visited Singaporean Communications and Information Minister, Josephine Teo, to discuss the personal data protection project in more detail. The 50 year old Thai minister revealed Singapore is ready to support Thailand in managing the program.

Chaiwut says the Singaporean government is interested in digital investment and wanted to help Thailand fulfil its high potential in that area and attract the attention of a new generation of investors.

The minister added he would discuss the digital economy agreement between Singapore and Thailand with PM Prayut Chan-o-cha on his return to the kingdom, and is happy to hear that Singapore considers Thailand a leading digital country in ASEAN.

SOURCE: Khaosod | Siamrath

Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.