Vietnam's economic growth quickens to 6.81% in 2017

Labourers work at TAL garment factory in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam May 23, 2017. (Reuters file photo)

HANOI: Vietnam's economic growth quickened to 6.81% this year from 6.21% in 2016, according to preliminary government estimates released on Wednesday.

In the last quarter of the year, the Southeast Asian nation's economy expanded 7.65% from 6.68% in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said in its report.