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Growing number of eateries purchasing from local farmers

4 September 2010, 10:02 pm

By TAHREE LANE BLADE STAFF WRITER Once upon a time, roadhouses and innkeepers purchased food grown by their neighbors: flour from the miller; produce from Farmer Green; cows, pigs, and hens from Old McDonald. It was a simpler era. If blight smote the potato crop, the cook tossed more turnips and oni... Read More »

Eat and Get out at Yaowarat

4 September 2010, 3:52 pm

People who like to eat, to get out and about, and have an interest in the past all probably love the Yaowarat area in Bangkok. It never seems to change. The shops and their style of doing business are still what they always were. Food is very prominent there too, and the kitchen skills in Yaowarat's... Read More »

2020 World Expo : Three candidates

4 September 2010, 1:07 pm

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will announce in Shanghai on Sunday Thailand's bid to host the 2020 World Expo - with Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai and Chon Buri vying for the honour. The winner will be named by year's end and today we take a look at the three candidates.... Read More »

All for one, but not one for all?

4 September 2010, 4:08 am

DA NANG, Vietnam—The plan to build a single market for the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) continues to interest rich nations which look at its market of close to 600 million people, its vast natural resources, as well as its geographical and historical links to the worldâ... Read More »

THE INSIDE EDGE

3 September 2010, 11:43 am

Around 95% of the country's retail market is informal, with a large demand for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) and agro-industrial products. Supply chain management remains a challenge: wholesalers and importers typically provide goods to independent and informal retailers.... Read More »

AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday Sept 3, 2010

3 September 2010, 2:16 am

PS3 MOVE... BANGKOK: Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Limited (SCEH) today announced that it will release PlayStation Move motion controller*1 for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system on Sept... Read More »

Store ushers in "up-cycling" for shoppers

2 September 2010, 7:27 pm

In a city where brands rule, a new name is battling to make its mark: waste. The aisles at ECOLS, in Hong Kong's trendy Central district, are stocked with designer goods - stylish necklaces from France, a teakwood bookshelf from Thailand, a glitzy home-made vase, fashionable bags.... Read More »

Vietnam’s cargo shipping paradox

1 September 2010, 8:27 pm

VietNamNet Bridge – As the exporter of some essential products and a big importer of many materials and equipment, maritime transport is crucial to Vietnam’s economy but 80 percent of its import-export goods are shipped by foreign vessels.... Read More »

Thailand's Industry Ministry Increasing Halal Production, Marketing Standards For Export

1 September 2010, 5:56 pm

BANGKOK, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- Industry Ministry is set to increase Thailand's halal food production and marketing standards to boost exports, Thai News agency reported, quoting the Secretary to the Industry Minister Surapong Pongdejkhajorn as saying.... Read More »

Vietnam, Laos, Thailand boost trade and investment

1 September 2010, 3:37 am

Thai tourists visit Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Garden in Quang Binh province through Road No.12. Vietnam, Laos and Thailand put forth measures to effectively use Roads No. 8 and 12 to boost their trade, investment and tourism ties at a meeting in the central province of Quang Binh on August 29-3... Read More »

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