Copper climbed to a one-week high,
extending two weeks of gains, after a report showed China’s new
credit increased to a record last month, boosting demand
prospects for industrial metals from the top user. SEE MORE Gold advanced to the highest level
in more than three months as demand for haven assets increased
on speculation that the U.S. economic recovery will slow. Silver
headed for the longest run of gains since at least 1968. SEE MORE In preparation for the takeover of Vung Ang 1 power station and the
construction of Thai Binh 2 thermopower plant, an affiliate of the
state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has clinched a deal to
import 10 million tons of coal this year. SEE MORE State oil and gas group Petrovietnam is
looking to buy around 10 million tonnes of coal a year, mostly from
Australia and Indonesia, to feed domestic thermal power plants from
2017, a company official said on Monday. SEE MORE The nation's total revenue from retail sales and services topped
VND273.49 trillion (US$13 billion) in January, a year-on-year rise of 13
per cent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. SEE MORE