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“Uttama” worries about “FDI”, Thailand is behind ASEAN Plus 3, urges the state to accelerate attracting investors

Mr Uttama Savanayana, leader of Thailand’s Future Creation Party, posted on Facebook today (December 18), stating that it will be the end of 2022 in a few days, so I invite everyone to come together and think. in 2023, which is likely to be a period of challenges for the country in many dimensions?

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is something I would like to comment on because FDI is important to the development of a country. In addition to increasing the amount of money circulating in the economy, FDI is also necessary. To speed up the process of restructuring the Thai economy to keep pace with the rapid changes happening around us. through personnel development upgrading technology Building alliances on the international stage to preserve and expand the area of ​​Thai entrepreneurs in the global production chain using the opportunity to create new industries Upgrading the old economic engine, etc. These are all factors important in increasing and maintaining competitiveness Including Thailand’s confidence on the world stage

fDi intelligence FDI figures for ASEAN plus 3 countries (ASEAN plus China, Japan, South Korea) for the first half of 2022 found that Thailand was ninth out of 11 countries in terms of investment value, surpassing Cambodia. and Myanmar only Singapore is number one, eight times behind Thailand, while Malaysia is four times behind Thailand, and Vietnam, which was behind us, has invested three times more than us ( https://shorturl.asia/IWPum ). FDI faces vulnerability in the regional arena. And the world stage if we want to maintain the country’s trade and investment role