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By Jacques Morisset - Lead economist and programme leader for Vietnam World Bank The country’s GDP was still growing at a 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, but it was the worst performance recorded over the past 35 years. The magnitude of the economic slowdown, a drop of almost seven percentage points, was equivalent to the one observed in most affected countries – except that Vietnam’s economy, like a healthier body, was in a better initial position to resist the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Unique advantages can pull Vietnam out of uncertainty

“I really hadn’t been able to imagine it before, but looking at the damage from the Beirut explosion and imagining something several times more powerful, I was struck with a huge sense of fear,” wrote the commenter, identified as “Sato-san.” … [Read more...] about Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony