Gold loans at commercial banks in HCM City at the end of February
stood at 100,000 taels, down 28,000 taels, or 21.87 per cent, against
the end of 2013, the central bank's City branch deputy director Nguyen
Hoang Minh told the Thoi Bao Ngan Hang (Banking Times). SEE MORE The country's energy sector witnessed a relatively high growth rate
in the initial two months of 2014 compared to the same period last year,
stated the Ministry of Industry and Trade. SEE MORE The inflation rate in February was the lowest during Tet, the Lunar New Year, in a decade at 0.55 percent. SEE MORE Gold declined from the highest level
in more than four months amid speculation that the crisis in Ukraine may be easing, and as investors weighed signs that
physical buying in Asia slowed after the rally. SEE MORE The country’s economic picture could turn rosy this year or next if
the Government continued its efforts to stabilize the macro economy and
deal with structural weaknesses. SEE MORE