Scotsman: THE economies of south-east Asia will contract by as much as 6.7 per cent annually by the end of the century, experts warned yesterday. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) study focuses on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It says those countries are especially vulnerable as they have large coastal populations facing rising sea levels and rely heavily on rice and other aADVERTISEMENTgriculture products that could suffer from water shortages, as well as floods. Vietnam was said …