By Ichiko Fuyuno and Becky Gaylord. Foreign investors in Vietnam often moan about bureaucracy and poor returns. But life-insurance firms that won licences to sell policies there in recent months couldn't be more bullish. The foreign insurers have been stoking and cashing in on a booming market that is helping to mobilize savings for use in the kind of investment that's essential to upgrading Vietnam's infrastructure. By Margot Cohen.
Japan is one of the region's top blackspots for women forced into sexual slavery.
By Velisarios Kattoulas. In Asia, cash-strapped drug regulators often lack the resources and experience to monitor the sale of medicines and enforce safety regulations as closely as they should. By Joanne McManus and Trish Saywell. The book details the difficulties and disappointments foreign businesses face in China and contains interviews with executives at 11 foreign firms. Third World unease.