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BY WANG FANGQING

Nissin Foods Holdings, the Japan-based instant noodle manufacturing multinational, will invest about Japanese Yen JPY 3.4 billion (US dollar USD41.5 million) to build an instant noodle plant in Vietnam to meet growing demand in this key emerging market.…

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 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 KARRYN MILLER

THE THAI Garment Manufacturer Association’s secretary general has told just-style that the flooding in and around Thailand’s capital Bangkok has hit at least four large clothing factories, while the country waits to see if protective walls surrounding the city hold.…

BY MICHAEL MACKEY

LAOS’ Pakse Airport has been upgraded following a low-interest loan of Thai Baht THB 320 million (US dollars USD10.6 million) from Thailand’s Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA).

"Our government helped Laos to develop Pakse airport with a loan", confirmed an official with Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation.…

Katherine Dunn, International News Services 

This summer in a characteristic feat of headline grabbing, the Danish People’s Party, or the Dansk Folkparti, announced their proposal to stem the flow of non-Western immigrants into the country. But such a pronouncement was nothing new. The party has made its name on an anti-immigration platform in this small, still culturally homogenous Scandinavian country.  

And it spends much of its time trying to ban minarets and attempting to uphold its particular brand of nostalgic ‘Danishness’. As a result, alongside the Netherlands Freedom Party and the British National Party, the DF has become a poster child for a wave of xenophobic sentiment on the rise across Europe.…

BY MICHAEL MACKEY

A SPONSORSHIP deal with football giant Manchester United will help Boon Rawd Trading International make its Singha brand one of England’s top Asian beers, the Thai company told just-drinks. It will be the only lager-style beer sold at its Old Trafford stadium.…

BY MARK ROWE

IN the truly global market of the paint industry, nowhere has the maxim of work local, sell local, been adhered to more rigorously than in southeast Asia. The region’s paint market is fiercely competitive, driven by developed nations such as Singapore and populous rapidly developing countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines.…

BY MICHAEL MACKAY

THAILAND’S CP Meiji is to invest up to Thai Baht THB 800 million baht (US dollar USD26 million) to increase capacity at its Saraburi plant, senior company officials have told just-food. The central Thailand factory currently produces 200 tonnes of dairy products daily and although the scale of the expansion is not yet finalised, "we are going to be bigger" said one manager.…