Thailand, which previously ranked sixth after Japan and Taiwan (China), has climbed to fourth place with a seven-month export value of $123 million, a 70 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
Vietnam is a land of opportunity, especially HCM City, but Thai
investors should be more strategic by creating both "aggressive and
passive" business plans to maximise benefits when the AEC takes effect in 2015, a trade specialist says.