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Five ASEAN countries among world’s biggest plastic polluters
Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia are named in a new Greenpeace report as being among the top ten countries globally for mismanaged...
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 has its first dollar billionaire
A Vietnamese businessman has joined the 2013 Forbes list of global billionaires as the first ever representative of his country.
Pham Nhat Vuong (44), majority...
Indonesia targets $40b investment in 2013
Indonesia's government is targeting around $40 billion in total investment in 2013, up about 25 per cent from 2012 record levels, as companies look...
Consumer brands expand in Indonesia
Global consumer goods giants Nestlé and Procter & Gamble are set to open new factories in Indonesia to capitalise on rising demand attributable to...
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Laos allows crypto trading and mining in first trial phase
The Lao government has authorised six companies to trade and mine cryptocurrencies in a move seen as an attempt to benefit from the crackdown...
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Indonesia to increase use of palm oil in jet fuel
A consortium of Indonesian companies together with university researchers has started to develop a variation of aviation fuel containing a small share of biofuel...