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Vietnam’s richest people have an average income of almost eight times that of the poorest, a government survey has found. The richest group, defined as the 20% of the population with the highest income, had an average income of VND10.23 million ($436) a month last year, according to the Citizen …

At the end of a back alley surrounded by dilapidated buildings, the pitter-patter of ping-pong balls echoes around a cavernous warehouse in a Chinese town north of Shanghai. The members of this table tennis club in Rudong, a sleepy seaside county with one of the highest proportions of elderly residents …

Major airlines in Thailand have reported positive business results during the first quarter, as foreign tourists have flocked back to Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy in large numbers. Thai Airways posted a net income of 12.51 billion baht ($370 million) during the first quarter, rebounding from a net loss of 3.25 …