VINACHEM

International and local economists along with Vietnamese business
representatives gathered in HCM City on March 1 for a seminar to discuss
2013’s opportunities and challenges for the national economy.

State budget revenue dropped by 1.9 percent in the first two months of
the year to US$5.52 billion, accounting for 14.1 percent of the year’s
estimated total.

HA NOI (VNS)— The Ministry of Finance decided yesterday to allow
domestic petrol retailers to receive more money from the Price
Stabilisation Fund in a move to keep domestic petrol prices stable in
the wake of a global price hike.

Coal-to-gas switching in the US could decline as much as 2.6 Bcf/d
year-on-year in 2013 because of higher natural gas prices, increased
renewables generation and forecast lighter cooling demand this summer, a
report BNP Paribas issued late Monday said.