BANGKOK -- Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a special economic zone that sits on 13 million hectares along the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, will continue to be competitive even as the new government plans a minimum wage increase amid slowing economic growth, officials overseeing its investment plans insist.
Pheu Thai, the party of new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, campaigned on a gradual increase in the minimum wage to 600 baht ($16.40) per day by 2027. The government plans to announce in November the details of an initial increase to 400 baht from the current 328 baht.
