WHA Group, the Thai industrial estate developer, said on Tuesday that it and China's BYD were planning to announce plans for an electric-vehicle (EV) manufacturing facility in Thailand.

The two companies will hold a joint news conference on plans for an EV facility in an industrial estate in Rayong on Thursday, according to an invitation from WHA Group.

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng, Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)