Vietnam’s economy a global bright spot in 2015

Vietnam’s economic growth has continued to firm up in 2015 with gross domestic product forecast to expand 6.3 per cent in the first half of this year, according to the World Bank’s latest Taking Stock report.

The bank’s semi-annual review of Vietnam’s economic performance said the first half growth rate was the nation’s fastest in for the past five years, and it was among the best performers in the region and the world.

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