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BY KARRYN MILLER

DESPITE the global economic downturn of the last few years Vietnam’s paint industry has continued to experience growth. According to Vietnam’s General Statistics Office 234,000 tonnes of paint was produced in Vietnam between January 2010 and November 2010.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

HAS the world found the means to drive rapid growth of distributed power generation in the rural areas? Yes, believes a group of young entrepreneurs in India who are using the rice husk-fired gasification process to operate small generation units in off-grid remote villages.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

DESPITEthe global economic downturn of the last few years Vietnam’s paint industryhas continued to experience growth.According to Vietnam’s General Statistics Office234,000 tonnes of paint was produced in Vietnam between January 2010 and November 2010.In the same period last year production was at 181,200 tonnes.Sales…

BY MUNZA MUSHTAQ

Asia has long been accused of fostering corruption and governments have often turned a blind eye, while their countries grow richer. One answer is increasing the role of non-state actors in dealing with the problem. Munza Mushtaq reports from the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

THE INDIAN government-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is going to build a USD4.5 billion aluminium smelter of 500,000 tonnes annual capacity in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. On Tuesday, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the provincial government for setting up the smelter and a 1,250MW power plant, which is expected to take four years to construct.…

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TURKEY

This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…

BY WANG FANGQING and MINI PANT ZACHARIAH

A GROWING construction industry paired with a push towards more environmentally friendly paints is currently driving the emulsion polymers (EP) market in the Asia Pacific region, with paints and coatings manufacturers in China and India especially, slated to see major growth in years to come.…

BY BARBARA BIERACH

WHILE the Reserve Bank of Australia has a licence to print cash, two subsidiaries wanted one too, it seems – only using international sales agents to bribe foreign public officials over banknote printing contracts. Barbara Bierach reports from Sydney.…

BY MARK ROWE

WHEN it comes to palm oil production, there are – despite growing production in South America and west Africa – only two major players on the global stage – Malaysia and Indonesia. Cultivation in south-east Asia accounts for around 80% of the world’s global supply – which in turn reached a record high of 45.9 million tonnes in 2009-2010.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GROUP of 28 governments from the Asia-Pacific region has adopted advice on the criminalisation of bribery drafted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Couched as a ‘Thematic Review on Criminalisation of Bribery’ this detailed set of guidelines was adopted in September by the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific, meeting in Kuala Lumpur.…