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Pepper spray 'prankster' may have sparked Germany airport alarm
13-02-2017 11:00
HAMBURG: German emergency services temporarily evacuated Hamburg airport on Sunday (Feb 12) and treated almost 70 people after an irritant gas was released in the building - probably by a "prankster" using pepper spray, firefighters said.
PepsiCo, Dr Pepper acquisitions aim at health concerns
23-11-2016 10:19
NEW YORK: US soda giants PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group both announced acquisitions on Tuesday of niche producers of healthier and healthier-sounding drinks that have been taking market share from traditional cola.
Mini "Pepper" robots start new jobs in Taiwan
07-10-2016 10:18
TAIPEI: A shiny new cohort joined the workforce in Taiwan on Thursday (Oct 6) - a troop of mini robots all going by the name "Pepper", enlisted to entertain customers and give them the hard sell.
Phu Quoc’s tourist attractions
16-07-2016 11:00
Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province attracts tourists for its beautiful scenery and also many special products like fish sauce, pepper, rose myrtle wine and juice. These local products have made Phu Quoc famous.
Belgian hospitals introduce robot receptionists
14-06-2016 11:00
Pepper is taking up reception duties at hospitals in Ostend and Liege, where he was unveiled at the Centre Hospitalier Regional La Citadelle on Monday.
Quang Ngai farmers earn high profits as chili pepper prices soar
04-05-2016 09:08
Farmers in the central province of Quang Ngai have been happy to see chili prices soaring over the past few days.
Toshiba execs face investor wrath over accounting scandal
01-10-2015 10:20
Nearly 2,000 shareholders turned up to an investor meeting outside Tokyo, peppering a new management team with questions about the affair which led to the resignation of Toshiba's president and seven other top executives in July.
10 Vietnamese food you need to try
29-06-2015 16:01
The cuisine relies on a balance of salty, sweet, sour and hot flavours, achieved through use of nuoc mam, a fermented fish sauce, cane sugar, the juice of kalamansi citrus fruit or tamarind and chilli peppers.
Dong Nai exports $900m worth of pepper
27-02-2015 15:48
Pepper exports from Dong Nai Province had record-high earnings of US$12,200 per tonne in the first two months of the year, according to the provincial Statistics Office.
Queen of Nuts crowned
06-02-2015 13:24
After over 10 years of growing amongst coffee, pepper and cashew plants in the Central Highlands, macadamia trees have become wildly popular among local farmers, with one kilogramme of unshelled nuts reaching VND700,000 ($32.71), 36 per cent cheaper compared to the Australian VND950,000 ($44.39), newswire Vneconomy reports.
Pepper: Vietnam’s little grains of gold
04-12-2014 11:37
According to Bloomberg, at a time when commodity prices are seeing a significant slump of everything from crude oil and iron ore to soybeans, Vietnamese pepper farmers are prospering.
Phu Quoc Island promotes black pepper
10-06-2013 08:52
The island district of Phu Quoc in southern Kien Giang province has defined black pepper as a key economic strength and a local speciality, helping islanders develop the local economy, according to its 2020 socio-economic plan.
Vietnam becomes world’s biggest pepper exporter
14-11-2012 15:10
Vietnam has outstripped India to become the world’s largest pepper exporter thanks to its fast growing cultivated area.
Pepper exports surge 31pc in six months
13-07-2012 08:49
Vietnam exported 73,000 tonnes of pepper in the first six months of this year, earning $494 million, a year-on-year increase of 4.3 per cent in volume and 31.7 per cent in value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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