(MENAFN) Official figures showed that Vietnam's economic growth picked up during the first half of the year, indicating that effects of anti-Chinese riots were not as bad as feared, The Peninsula Qatar reporte
According to General Statistics Office estimates, gross domestic product (GDP) increased 5.18 percent in the January-June period, up from a 4.9 percent registered in the same period of 201
The country was hit by deadly riots in May after China moved an oil rig into waters claimed by Vietnam, following unrest in May triggered by the protest
"The quickness with which they responded was striking, as authorities had managed to insulate the economic from the political," a World Bank East Asia expert said
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