This is thanks to the recovery of agriculture and service sectors, according to the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research.
In particular, the service sector saw strong growth in the past 5 years. The agricultural, forestry and fishery sector also recovered from the previous year.
Meanwhile the, industry and construction sector continued to decrease. However, this isn't expected to last.
In general, GDP growth in the first half of this year reached 5.73%, a slight increase against the same period last year.
