Last updated: Sunday, July 17, 2011
Expectations that lower global prices would benefit consumers have been belied
A worker pumps petrol to a motorcycle at a gas station in Hanoi. Vietnam raised retail fuel prices in late March and has left them unchanged since.
When the government decided in March that local petroleum...
Last updated: Sunday, June 12, 2011
A woman with children shops at a supermarket in Hanoi. Experts have criticized a new draft law on prices, saying it does not mention anything about consumer rights.
The proposed law on prices as currently written has raised concerns among business groups about more controls on pricing. In addition, experts complain that the...
Last updated: Friday, January 28, 2011
A gas station in Ho Chi Minh City. Without the price stabilization fund, Vietnam would not have been able to keep fuel prices stable, an official said.
The Finance Ministry will soon step up inspections to prevent fuel traders from further misusing the price stabilization fund, Nguyen Tien Thoa, head of the Department of Price...
Last updated: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Saigon sometimes feels like a big dusty construction site teeming with competitive energy.
VnnNews – Saigon sometimes feels like a big dusty construction site teeming with competitive energy. < />
A Yoga class at a fitness center in Ho Chi Minh City
Amid the chaos, more and more people are choosing to spend money to...
Last updated: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Saigon sometimes feels like a big dusty construction site teeming with competitive energy.
VnnNews – Saigon sometimes feels like a big dusty construction site teeming with competitive energy. < />
A Yoga class at a fitness center in Ho Chi Minh City
Amid the chaos, more and more people are choosing to spend money to...
Last updated: Friday, September 24, 2010
Consumer price index (CPI) increases in Hanoi and HCM City in September are both higher than in previous months
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VnnNews – Consumer price index (CPI) increases in Hanoi and HCM City in September are both higher than in previous months, which has raised concerns that inflation for the whole country in September and during the last...
Last updated: Thursday, September 9, 2010
There have been signs indicating that some dairy importers collude with each other to keep the price of foreign-made dairy products high.
VietNamNet Bridge – There have been signs indicating that some dairy importers collude with each other to keep the price of foreign-made dairy products high. Domestic products are cheaper, but some...
Last updated: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Indian firm interested in BP’s Vietnamese asset sales; Life insurance market lifts in first half; Wire exports set to increase
Indian firm interested in BP’s Vietnamese asset sales< />
India’s National Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) voiced its interest to buy BP’s Vietnamese assets after the...
Last updated: Sunday, July 11, 2010
The State Bank of Vietnam governor, Nguyen Van Giau, has signed a decision to allow businesses to re-import gold.
VnnNews – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) governor, Nguyen Van Giau, has signed a decision to allow businesses to re-import gold.
Gold prices will make history in 2010
Trade deficit grows wider than forecast...
Last updated: Friday, July 2, 2010
VnnNews – Vietnamese companies agree that in principle, the yuan appreciation will have an impact on their business.
VnnNews – Vietnamese companies agree that in principle, the yuan appreciation will have an impact on their business. However, they don’t see a big impact in the near term, reports Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon.
Yuan’s...
