Srirat Rastapana, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, attended the Bangkok International Gift and Bangkok International Houseware Fair (BIG & BIH) in April. Held at the BITEC Bangna in Bangkok from April 19 to 23, the fair saw 1,146 booths featuring 418 companies from Thailand and countries as diverse as Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan, China and the US.

One highlight was the Big Toy Design Innovation award that this year saw three groups of designers  – Rubber Only, Aromdee, and N*Doo –  being rewarded for their multi-generational interaction toys’ design concept. Apart from Big Toy Design Innovation 2014, there were many key activities such as Asia Talents, I+D Style Café and Top of OTOP which promotes Thai lifestyle products into global markets.

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