Vietnam and Mekong peers pay economic price despite low virus tolls

Promising ASEAN quartet likely to fortify and diversify after pandemic cuts growth

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A poster warns about the coronavirus on a street in Hanoi. Vietnam has recorded just over 300 cases with no deaths. © Reuters

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have detected far fewer coronavirus cases than their more advanced Southeast Asian neighbors, but their economies are taking a beating all the same, potentially forcing a rethink of their development models down the road.

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