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Business● Low1h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM

Vietnam surpasses Indonesia on per-person GDP. Is Thailand next?

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

Vietnam’s average economic output per person is set to overtake Indonesia’s, according to the International Monetary Fund. Gross domestic product per capita, which provides a snapshot of a country’s standard of living, is projected to rise 8.9 per cent to US$5,259 in Vietnam this year – nearly double the figure a decade earlier and overtaking Indonesia’s US$5,153. This would also rank Vietnam fifth among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, behind Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia...

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