Dear readers, I am pleased to introduce the bimonthly Newsletter “Italy in Thailand”, published by the Embassy of Italy, the Italian-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Board of Trade (ICE). The Newsletter intends to convey easy and informal information about the commercial and cultural activities of the Italian Institutions in Thailand. I wish you all a pleasant reading and I thank you in advance for any comment and suggestion you may wish to make in order to improve this service. Ignazio Di Pace - Ambassador of Italy
 

Economic and commercial relations between Italy and Thailand have been steadily growing in the last few years and, today, Thailand represents the second market in South East Asia for Italian exports. The total value of the bilateral trade in the first 5 months of 2006 has been USD 1.233 millions, 11% more than 2005, and Italian exports have grown more than 27% from January to August 2006 compared with the same period in 2005.

Click here to continue

 

 

The Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce partnering with the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Trade Commission and the “Desk Italy”, newly established in the Office for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises – OSMEP- is further making an effort to pool resources and collaborate in giving easy access to information for Italian and Thai businessmen.
The TICC is focusing its activities on providing a full set of services to companies that wish to develop business projects in Italy and Thailand. In the near future, initiatives will be taken to promote new business opportunities for TICC members, in collaboration with Thai and Italian Institutions (National Chamber of Commerce, Local Authorities, Private Associations), as well as through the implementation of programs funded by EU, the Thai Government and the Italian Government. In this sense, we would like to take the chance to inform you on the latest activities set out in this period under the guidance of the Board of Directors:

Click here to continue

 

 

The new “Sportello Unico”, i.e. a “One stop service” resulting from the integration of the Commercial Office of the Embassy and the Italian Board of Trade, working in collaboration with the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce, which has been operative since last November helps develop bilateral economic and commercial projects.

Click here to continue

 

 

ITALIAN CULTURAL EVENTS IN THAILAND

For the first time in Thailand, in the prestigious framework of the Bangkok’s 8th International Festival of Dance and Music, the famous Italian Opera TOSCA, by Giacomo Puccini, was performed entirely by an Italian orchestra and cast, on Oct. 4th at the Thai Cultural Centre

Click here to continue

 

 

Learning Italian. New Agreements between the Embassy of Italy and different Bangkok’s Universities.

For many years, the Italian Section at the Chulalongkorn University has been spreading the knowledge of Italian language amongst Thai students. Starting from this semester also Bangkok University and Thammasat University are organizing courses of Italian language, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy.

Click here to continue

 

 

Even if we are now in October, happiness is still high for the victory of the Italian National team in the World Cup “Germany 2006”. Herewith you will find some funny links about the tournament that has again seen Italy as winner after 24 years:

http://www.corriere.it/Speciali/Extra/2006/Germania2006/articoli/pop_telecronache.shtml

http://ia300224.us.archive.org/1/items/http___vistidalontano.blogosfere.itCampioni_intuttelelingue_delMondo/primepagine.pdf

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/181700/italy_world_cup_2006/