BANGKOK -- Siam Cement will buy a Vietnamese packaging materials maker, the Thai industrial group said Friday, drawn by the growth of online shopping as Southeast Asia hunkers down to avoid the coronavirus.
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With Southeast Asians shopping at home, Siam Cement buys box maker
Thai conglomerate to acquire Vietnam's Bien Hoa Packaging
Delivering the goods outside Hanoi: Demand for cardboard boxes is growing in Southeast Asia. © Reuters
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