Rayong

US Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Christie A. Kenney and Drew Noyes publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, along with a small group of select reporters and embassy staff toured several new US Factories in Rayong Province in the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand after visiting the USS Tortuga in Sattahip at the Royal Thai Naval base during the CARAT Thailand 2011.

CARAT 2011 US and Thai Navy help Watkoh school in Rayong during the bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness.

According to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Thailand’s auto parts industry has recovered faster than expected making the years growth shrink no more than 25% year-on-year.

Hemaraj Land And Development Plc, in coordination with customers and alliances in its industrial estates, recently distributed school kits and sport equipment to over 13,000 students in 48 schools in Rayong and Chonburi provinces under its Annual School Contribution Program.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently demanded fast action to resolve investors' concerns about the future of Rayong's Map Ta Phut industrial estate. A recent court ruling declared the estate a pollution control zone.