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Survey: Asia-Pacific’s homegrown brands growing to regional giants
A new ranking by market researcher Nielsen and marketing network Campaign Asia Pacific, called Asia’s Top 1000 brands and released last week, gave insights...
Vietnam sees 2014 trade surplus of $1.5 billion on stronger exports
Growth in exports driven by manufacturing could give Vietnam a trade surplus of $1.5 billion this year, far surpassing its forecast of $500 million...
Indonesian clothing company in expansion drive
Publicly listed Indonesian garment manufacturer Pan Brothers has prepared $70 million for a massive three-year expansion to help the company tap the potential of...
Indonesia pushes Central Java as Asian low-cost manufacturing hub
The sleepy province of Central Java, which has long been the heartland of a Javanese culture that frowned on aggressive profit-seeking, is trying to...
Cambodia stock exchange gets second listing
The number of companies on Cambodia's stock exchange doubled on June 16 - to two. The debut by a Taiwan garment maker is an...
Mass faintings at Cambodian garment factories
Mass faintings involving hundreds of people have occurred at least twice this week at factories in Cambodia, where workers who make popular sportswear fell...
Foreign garment investments flow into Vietnam
Many large foreign firms have entered Vietnam's garment and textile sector with an eye on export opportunities the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is expected to...
Vietnam vows to cut software piracy to 70%
The Vietnam government with the help of international organisations has vowed to fight more intensely against software piracy in the country. The software piracy...
Detailled Cambodia garment factory map shows everything
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights has put a map of garment factories operating in Cambodia and their supply chains on the Internet.
The map...
China and ASEAN: Two complementary powers
China’s manufacturing dominance is becoming increasingly undermined by the rising fortunes of its smaller ASEAN-member neighbours. But not only manufacturing, also investments are moving south.
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...