HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in May went down 0.33 percent from the previous month and 1.38 percent compared to December 2019, according to the city’s Statistics Office. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) However, the May CPI rose 1.4 percent on-year, the office said. Three of the 11 groups of goods and services...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,256 VND per USD on June 1, down 5 VND from the last working day of previous week (May 29). Transactions at BIDV (Source: BIDV) With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,261 VND per USD on May 29, down 10 VND from the previous day. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,959 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,563...

Kon Tum (VNS/VNA) - Coffee farms in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum are producing higher yields from new coffee trees and older trees grafter with with young shoots. A replanted coffee orchard in Kon Tum province’s Kon Tum city (Photo: baokontum.com.vn) Coffee is a key crop in Kon Tum and other provinces in Tay Nguyen...

Hanoi (VNA) - An auction of Government bonds on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on May 27 raised 3.707 trillion VND (158.5 million USD) for the State Treasury. Illustrative image (Source: internet) G-bonds worth 6.5 trillion VND were issued, with ten- and 15-year bonds bringing in 2.5 trillion VND each, five-year bonds 1 trillion VND, and those with a...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,271 VND per USD on May 28, up 11 VND from the previous day. The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,271 VND per USD on May 28, up 11 VND from the previous day. (Photo: VNA) With the...

(LSO) - Vice Chairman of Lang Son People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu on May 26 chaired a working session with investors on the implementation of a project on a goods transshipment area in the Dong Dang-Lang Son border gate economic zone. Work on construction of the project's first phase began in late 2019. It was built on an area...

(LSO) – Vice Chairman of the Lang Son provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Cong Truong chaired a meeting on May 26 to look into goods export and import via local auxiliary border gates. A report at the session noted that two auxiliary border gates in the province, Tan Thanh and Coc Nam, have resumed the clearance of exports and imports....

Hanoi (VNA) – With success in containing the spread of COVID-19, Vietnam now holds advantages in economic recovery, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. Illustrative image (Photo: internet) He wrote in a recent article that however, there are many unforeseeable factors in the world’s situation that can affect Vietnam. Vietnam is building and on the verge of...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,260 VND per USD on May 27, down 10 VND from the previous day. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) With the current trading band of /-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,958 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,562...