SMBC touts Japanese interest in EEC

The Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong, one of the three provinces that play host to the EEC.

Japan-based Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is preparing to help Thailand encourage Japanese business people to invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a new high-tech industrial hub in the country.

The bank will give advice to Japanese investors who are considering expanding their businesses to the EEC, said Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, as he yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Takashi Toyoda, general manager of SMBC (Bangkok).