Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has asked government agencies to expedite the investment budget for fiscal year 2025 to stimulate the economy.

Provinces, ministries and government agencies had allocated 664.9 trillion VND (26.7 billion USD) for public investment as of the end of September, showed data from the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Thailand's cabinet on January 4 approved a 3.185 trillion THB (95.5 billion USD) budget for the 2023 fiscal year, up 2.74 percent, or 85 billion THB, from that of the previous year.

The Ministry of Construction announced recently that the national history museum project will be implemented in 2021 at the earliest.