Doing Business with Thailand

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Doing Business with Thailand

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• Yang

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Thailand

• Located in Southeast Asia
• Capital city is Bangkok
• Language spoken is Thai
• Population is 64,631,595

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Time Zone and Business Hours

• Time is 14 hours ahead of U.S.
• Normal business hour are 8-5
• No Daylight saving time

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Thailands Holiday

 January 01  New Year's Day
 January 02  Substitute for New Year's Day
 March 03 Makha Bucha Day
 March 05 Substitute for Makha Bucha Day
 April 06 Chakri Day
 April 13 - 15 Songkran Days
 April 16 Substitute for Songkran Days
 May 01 National Labour Day
 May 05 Coronation Day
 May 07 Substitute for Coronation Day
 May 31 Visakha Bucha Day
 July 30 Buddhist Lent Day
 August 12 H.M. The Queen's Birthday
 August 13 Substitute for H.M. The Queen's Birthday
 October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
 December 05 H.M. The King's Birthday
 December 10 Constitution Day
 December 31  New Year's Eve
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Business Etiquette

• Their greeting is known as Wai by putting both
  of your hands together by your chest and bending
  your head a little bit to your hands.

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Goods

• 60 of labor is agricultural
• Rice, fish and fishery products, tapioca, rubber,
  corn, and sugar

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Religion

• 95 of Thailand is Buddhist

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