HCM CITY(VNS)— A three-year-old low in New York gold prices has
provoked a rush for the precious metal in Viet Nam, sparking a price
surge last weekend. SEE MORE Gold rebounded from the lowest level
in 34 months, trimming the worst quarterly slump since at least
1920, as some investors deemed the decline excessive. Silver
pared its biggest quarterly loss since 1980. SEE MORE The
Ministry of Planning and Investment recently announced that the
country’s economic growth in the first half of this year was at 4.9
percent, almost equal to that in the same period last year. SEE MORE Government should instead plug
loopholes in regulations since a clutch of taxes and fees that exist
cannot prevent exports of minerals SEE MORE Vietnam's inflation edged up in June,
official figures showed Tuesday, marking the first increase in eight
months after the government cut interest rates. SEE MORE