Vietnam's gross domestic product rises by 0.36% in the 2nd quarter of 2020, the lowest growth since 1991 but still better than expected.
Gross domestic product rose by 0.36% from April to June compared to the same period last year, the General Statistics Office in Hanoi announced on Monday, June 29.
"It's the lowest ever GDP growth since Vietnam started publishing GDP figures in 1991," official Duong Manh Hung was quoted as saying in local media., which fell 9% year-on-year and were down 8.3% against the first 3 months of the year. The country's economy is heavily reliant on exports, particularly after reaping the benefits of a trade spat between Washington and Beijing over the last two years.
Both sides imposed punitive tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of goods, prompting many China-based businesses to migrate to the perceived safer and cheaper manufacturing hub of Vietnam. The country now aims to reboot its economy after its apparent success in minimizing fallout from the coronavirus.
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