Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand's parliament signed off on a nearly 124-million-USD budget hike for defence spending, for the fiscal year of 2017.
Accordingly, the army, navy and air force will receive a two-percent raise taking next year's spending to 210.7 billion baht (nearly 6.1 billion USD).
The budget comes into effect in October and runs until September 2017.
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