Economic Watch: Russia-Ukraine conflict hits Vietnam's economy

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HANOI, May 8 (Xinhua): The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has disrupted supplies of fuels and materials to Vietnam, pushing up the country's inflation, as well as adversely affecting the country's economic growth, local experts have said.

While supply disruptions caused by the global pandemic Covid-19 have not come to an end, firms in Vietnam have to face increasing thinner supplies of fuels and materials for production due to the conflict, Le Hoang Anh, a senior researcher at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Banking, told Xinhua on Friday.