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Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha cites the Eastern Economic Corridor project as a model of private-public partnerships. (Nikkei montage)

TORU TAKAHASHI, Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Headquarters for Asia

November 16, 2019 15:04 JST

BANGKOK -- At a recent international business conference, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha stressed the importance of the public and private sectors cooperating to upgrade Thailand's economy.

Prayuth, who hosted the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on Nov. 2 in Bangkok, cited the Eastern Economic Corridor project as a model of private-public partnerships.