BANGKOK, Jan 21 (TNA) – ASEAN Business Advisory Council
has proposed creating ASEAN big data for use among members in trade and
investment developments.
As this year’s ASEAN chair, Thailand sought a cohesive
regional digital technology development, Pichet Durongkaverote, Thailand’s
Minister of Digital Economy and Society said during the Council’s meeting in
Bangkok on Monday.
The Council pledged to support what ASEAN members had agreed
on digital connectivity by ways of boosting digital connectivity, smart city
development, cyber security, digital economy and human resources, he said.
Thailand’s leading private sector organization, the Joint
Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) also attended the
meeting.
JSCCIB Chairman Kalin Sarasin said the ASEAN big data
proposal had been supported by all member countries to capitalize on the
business opportunities arising from digital technologies.
Integrated big data would enable the public sector agencies
to harness data for trade and investment, he said.
The Thai government has made the development of a digital
economy its priority in chairing the regional block, in line with its Thailand
4.0 agenda. (TNA)
