in business
BIG IS GOOD
Bangkok Bank keeps its focus on corporate clients in Vietnam to guard against souring loans. B2
BAD AT BUSINESS
Call for the government to reduce its economic role to help free Thailand from the middle-income trap. B4
BITTER DEAL
Sugar associations urge probe on exporters after claims by foreign traders that they have been cheated. B4
SHINKANSEN PRIDE
Japan celebrates the 50th anniversary of its bullet train, the world's first. B9
SOUR AND SAVOURY
Thai tamarind processor shows how to turn abundance into profit. B10