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Vietnam suffers first slowdown in growth since 2012
Published Wed, Dec 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Hanoi
VIETNAM'S economy expanded an estimated 6.21 per cent this year, slightly behind 2015 and marking the first slowdown in four years, but a fourth-quarter surge to 6.68 per cent was the best for a year, keeping it among Asia's fastest-growing economies.
Drops in agriculture and mining dragged full-year growth below last year's 6.68 per cent and the government's target of 6.3-6.5 per cent, the General Statistics Office (GSO)…
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