Foreign investment in Thailand surges in January-July period; country attracts almost US$2bil in income

BANGKOK, Sept. 2 (Xinhua): Thailand has witnessed a significant increase in foreign investment inflows in the first seven months of this year.

The South-East Asian country attracted 73.64 billion baht (US$2 billion) of foreign investment in the January-July period, 28.93 billion baht (US$788 million more than the same period of last year, Anucha Burapachaisri, acting government spokesperson, said on Friday, citing data from the Ministry of Commerce.