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Mixue on the march: ice cream serves soft power for China in Southeast Asia

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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Mixue has dominated Southeast Asia’s ice cream and tea businesses for five years, having opened its first outlet in Vietnam in 2018.

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  • Mixue has dominated Southeast Asia’s ice cream and tea businesses for five years, having opened its first outlet in Vietnam in 2018.
  • Around 1,000 Mixue outlets now operate in several Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
  • A country can use food as a source of soft power to display cultural characteristics and symbols.
  • Mixue’s effects in Indonesia – and a bit beyond
    Mixue sells its ice cream and drinks at around 40 US cents to US$1.50.

Bio Farma secures multi-year Purchase Contract from UNICEF for its novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)

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Sunday, October 2, 2022
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BANDUNG, INDONESIA, Oct 2, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - PT Bio Farma (Persero), the holding company for pharmaceutical state-owned enterprises (SOEs), will export its novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) having secured a purchase contract with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for 2022 & 23.

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  • BANDUNG, INDONESIA, Oct 2, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - PT Bio Farma (Persero), the holding company for pharmaceutical state-owned enterprises (SOEs), will export its novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) having secured a purchase contract with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for 2022 & 23.
  • Under the contract, Bio Farma will export its oral polio vaccines based on purchase requests from UNICEF via multilateral contract agreement for the years 2022 & 23.
  • Honesti Basyir, President Director of Bio Farma, said, "UNICEF procures nOPV2 under a multilateral supply agreement as part of a global effort to prevent spread of the polio disease.
  • In manufacturing the nOPV2 vaccine, Bio Farma collaborated with world-class institutions like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the PATH, and the WHO.

PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA Obtained Halal Certification for All Products

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
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NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (hereafter referred as NSI), an Indonesian subsidiary of NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Osaka City; President: Yujiro Goto)(TOKYO:4114)obtained Halal certification in Indonesia from LPPOM MUI who is a Halal certification authority affiliated with Majelis Ulama Indonesia, with regard to Acrylic Acid (AA) and acrylates (AES) used as main raw material for ink, paint, adhesive etc, and super absorbent polymer (SAP) used as main raw material for disposable diaper, on October 16, 2019.

Key Points: 
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (hereafter referred as NSI), an Indonesian subsidiary of NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Osaka City; President: Yujiro Goto)(TOKYO:4114)obtained Halal certification in Indonesia from LPPOM MUI who is a Halal certification authority affiliated with Majelis Ulama Indonesia, with regard to Acrylic Acid (AA) and acrylates (AES) used as main raw material for ink, paint, adhesive etc, and super absorbent polymer (SAP) used as main raw material for disposable diaper, on October 16, 2019.
  • In these regions with a large Muslim population, Halal certification draws a great attention, and product fields that require Halal certificate is even expanding.
  • This Halal certification can provide assurance to the customers who produce their products with using NSIs AA, AES and SAP.
  • NSI will keep corresponding to demand increase not only in Indonesia but also in Southeast Asia and the Near and Middle East.