Alcoholic beverage
Vietnamese spend $3b on booze a year
Vietnamese people, number one beer drinkers in Southeast Asia, spend around $3 billion on beer and alcohol per year, according to the Ministry of...
Booze shortfall worries Myanmar retail sector
The Myanmar government has intensified its crackdown on what it deems illegally imported alcohol, sparking further unrest among retailers, including the country's biggest supermarket...
Singapore bans alcohol this weekend in Little India
This coming weekend, on December 14 and 15, Singapore will ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the Little India district of its...
Thailand to taste Myanmar beer
Famous Thai beer brands such as Singha and Chang may soon be joined by Myanmar’s number one alcoholic beverage if Thailand's largest brewery ThaiBev...
Indonesia booze ban to impair tourism
Producers of alcoholic drinks in Indonesia could face penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment and 10 billion rupiah ($1.03 million) in fines if...
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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...