Thailand in East Asia

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Thailandin East Asia
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Thailand in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Yunnan, China (1996)
Population 39.4m Area (000) 394 sq. km. GDP per
capita (China) US540 GDP growth
rate 9.7 Exchange rate Yuan Main
industries/resources labour mechanical,
electrical and textile products minerals,
hydro and coal, agri-business, science and
technology, services, medicinal animal
plant resources
Lao PDR (1996)
Population 4.6m Area (000) 237 sq. km. GDP per
capita US335 GDP growth rate 7.1 Exchange
rate 720 kip per US Main industries/resources
wood, hydro power, minerals, textiles, tourism
Myanmar (1996)
Population 43.9m Area (000) 678.5 sq. km. GDP
per capita US231 GDP growth rate 7.3 Exchange
rate Kyat Main industries/resources rice,
pulses, beans, wood, oil, gas, textiles,
minerals
Viet Nam (1996)
Population 74m (e) Area (000) 331 sq. km. GDP
per capita US318 GDP growth rate 9.7 Exchange
rate Dong Main industries/resources food
processing, rice, minerals, textiles,
wood, construction, tourism, oil, labour
Thailand (1996)
Cambodia (1996)
Population 61.1m Area (000) 513.1 sq. km. GDP
per capita US3,078 GDP growth rate 6.4 Exchange
rate Baht Main industries/resources
telecommunications, transport, science
and technology, construction tourism,
agri-business, manufacturing, services,
automotive, food processing
Population 9.31m Area (000) 181 sq. km. GDP per
capita US287 (1995) GDP growth rate
7.1 Exchange rate Riel Main industries/resources
wood, gems, rubber, rice, oil, natural gas,
agri-business
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Thailands Investment Zones