Vietnam's growth accelerates, bucking regional trend

Vietnam's economic growth accelerated in the third quarter, official figures showed Tuesday, boosted by strong foreign manufacturing investment, in stark contrast to many of its neighbours. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 6.81 percent in the third quarter, according to General Statistics Office estimates, up from 6.47 percent in the second quarter and 6.12 percent in the first quarter this year. "It is good news if the figure is reliable... it seems that the Vietnamese economy has fewer diffic