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THE NUMBERS GAME IN VIETNAM - KATHERINE WU, UNILEVER



BY CONNLA STOKES, IN HO CHI MINH CITY

As one of the world’s fastest-growing accountancy bodies, ACCA is attracting more finance and management professionals in Asia eager to get to the top. This is certainly the case for Shanghai, China-born Katherine Wu.…

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VIETNAM: MEAT ON FAST FOOD TRACK TO GROWTH



BY HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI

21 SEPTEMBER, 2012

A FASHION for eating in branded fast food outlets such as America’s KFC is helping to drive increased meat consumption in Vietnam, where pork remains king but chicken dominates menus in quick-meals chains.…

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BY HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI

Fast food consumption has risen quickly in Vietnam. With rapid economic growth in the past decade or more and a rising middle class in the cities with more disposable income many foreign chains have opened up in recent years.…

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EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT BRIEFING OUTSOURCING SUPPLIERS STILL WANT TO DESIGN AND OWN BRANDS - BUT PROGRESS IS SLOW



BY SHEENA ROSSITER, IN SÃO PAULO; RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI; HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI; AND WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

THE GROWTH in outsourcing has been maybe the most important trend in the clothing and textile sector in the past decade, with emerging market countries offering increasingly reliable and sophisticated services.…

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INTERNATIONAL BRANDS SEEK SALES IN EMERGING MARKETS



BY SHEENA ROSSITER, IN SÃO PAULO; RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI; HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI; AND WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

WHILE the focus on emerging markets for the big international clothing brands has often been to view them as outsourcing opportunities, the truth is that there are a lot of people with a lot of money in these countries.…

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SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS MARKET HAS MANU COMMON CHARACTERISTICS, DESPITE WIDE VARIATIONS IN CONSUMER WEALTH



BY KARRYN MILLER, IN HANOI

WITH similar tropical and sub-tropical climates giving personal care product consumers some similar requirements as regards skin care, the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region could be regarded as one by lazy marketers.…

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JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA DIVERSIFY THEIR RARE EARTH SUPPLIES



BY KARRYN MILLER

IF any two countries could be deemed vulnerable to Chinese dominance of rare earth supplies, it surely has to be east Asia’s high tech exporters par excellence Japan and South Korea. From smart phones to electric cars, these two Asian nations continue to drive technology forward, but with rare earths an essential component of many electronic goods, these Tokyo and Seoul are scanning the region for new sources of these key minerals.…

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AVIAN INFLUENZA HAUNTS ASIA POULTRY SECTOR



BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, IN MUMBAI; AND SUZIE WHITE, IN HANOI

KEY Asian poultry producers Vietnam and India continue to be hit by bird flu outbreaks. Vietnam has been hit especially hard, with outbreaks of bird flu reported in 36 communes in 12 provinces across Vietnam this January and February.…

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SOURCING - WINNERS AND LOSERS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

WINNERS

TUNISIA

Of all the countries disrupted by the Arab Spring revolts in 2011, Tunisia liberated itself in the swiftest and most business-friendly fashion. This key European supplier rid itself of despotic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January14, and one week later, its textile and clothing sector was back at work.…

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VIETNAM'S LUXURY COSMETICS INDUSTRY IS GETTING ITS SLOW - BUT STEADY - START



BY KARRYN MILLER

VIETNAM’s cosmetics industry is almost unrecognisable now compared to 10 years ago: back then, prestigious Western beauty products were nowhere to be found on Vietnam retailers’ shelves, and it was South Korean cosmetics products that were considered luxurious in the communist country’s market.…

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