HANOI: Vietnam’s economic growth picked up in the first half of the year, official figures showed on Friday, indicating the effects of recent anti-Chinese riots were not as bad as feared.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.18 percent in January-June from the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office estimates, up from 4.9 percent in the same period last year.

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