AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoHealth Regulation: Thailand is preparing tighter rules for optical shops under the health law, requiring licences and training for eyesight-testing and spectacles-fitting services, with limits on who can be tested and where. Public Health & Environment: Northern Thai residents in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai staged a six-day “peace walk” over toxic river pollution from heavy metals, warning it is already harming water, fish, food, livelihoods and public health. Tourism & Wellness: TAT and Agoda renewed their strategic collaboration to push data-driven tourism marketing, with wellness tourism and safer-travel messaging highlighted. Wellness Economy: Thailand’s wellness economy is expanding, with growing demand for longevity clinics and preventive healthcare. Food Safety & Compliance: Walmart China said it will strengthen food safety controls after regulators summoned it over repeated violations, including tighter supply-chain oversight. Food & Trade: Singapore reported a sharp rise in non-oil domestic exports in May, with electronics and pharmaceuticals among key drivers, and re-exports also climbing. Climate Risk: Southeast Asia is bracing for a potentially severe El Niño, raising fears for heat, drought, crop impacts and food supply pressures.
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