• EU-Vietnam FTA: Opportunities and challenges

      25/03/2014
    After six rounds of negotiations, Vietnam and the European Union are
    now close to signing the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which
    is expected to benefit the Vietnamese economy, especially in the export
    sector, said weekly Vietnam Business Forum magazine.  
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  • Gold Extends Weekly Loss After Fed Signals Rising Interest Rates

      24/03/2014
    Gold extended the biggest weekly
    retreat since November on speculation that U.S. interest rates
    will increase next year, curbing demand for the metal as a store
    of value. Silver fell to the lowest level in almost six weeks.  
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  • Gold Falls Most in Three Months After Fed Stimulus Cut

      20/03/2014
    Gold fell the most in three months
    after the Federal Reserve further reduced U.S. monetary stimulus
    and more officials predicted a rise in interest rates in 2015,
    curbing demand for the metal as a store of value.  
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  • Vietnam to lower key policy rates to support economic growth

      19/03/2014
    Vietnam will cut its key policy rates from tomorrow, as the
    government tries to support businesses and bolster a struggling economy.
    Stocks rose.

    The discount rate will be cut to 4.5 percent from 5 percent, and
    the repurchase rate will be lowered to 5 percent from 5.5 percent, the
    central bank’s monetary policy head Nguyen Thi Hong said at a briefing
    in Hanoi today. The refinancing rate will be reduced to 6.5 percent from
    7 percent.
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  • Vietnam sees dong pressure ease as bad-debt resolution firms up

      19/03/2014
    Vietnam’s central bank will weaken the dong only when “truly
    needed” as it steps up efforts to create more favorable conditions for
    foreign investors, including a plan to auction bad-debt assets of banks.  
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