HANOI: Vietnam’s gross domestic product grew 5.03% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian country reopened more parts of its economy after relaxing coronavirus restrictions.
The pace of economic growth beat the 4.72% recorded in the first quarter last year and compared with 5.22% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
“Vietnam gained fairly good growth in the first quarter despite the complicated evolvement of the Covid-19 pandemic… and global geopolitical uncertainty,” the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a report.
The manufacturing and…
