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Day: November 5, 2024
Vietnam’s housing and construction material prices show mixed trends in 2024
Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index–CPI–data for September 2024 showed a steady increase in housing and construction material prices of 4.37 compared to September 2023. Prices were also up 3.59 percent over December of last year…
Pre-funding gone for some foreign stock traders in Vietnam, as new circular kicks-in
Tuoi Tre is covering the expectations of market watchers that this will give the market a welcome boost, Dau Tu Online on the other hand is suggesting that local securities firms with large cash buffers stand to benefit most, and VN Economy, conversely, has pointed out that after coming into effect there have still been large net cash outflows from the market from foreign investors.
Vietnam state power provider moves two-tier electricity pricing strategy forward
This policy looks to be a response by the state power provider to try and increase revenue without increasing electricity prices. This comes after the state power provider ran up huge losses over the past two years by selling electricity below cost price…
Vietnam domestic gold prices fall despite reports of shortages
This scenario is not particularly new with challenges in the gold market ongoing since the beginning of the year. That said, it is worth keeping an eye on in that currently the gold supply is being fed by the State Bank from its reserves. These are, however, limited and will either need to be replenished or will run out, either way there will likely be significant ramifications for Vietnam’s economy….
Delayed Vietnam hospital construction draws ire of Vietnam General Secretary
Construction work on the new branches of Bach Mai Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital kicked-off in 2014 with the examination areas at both hospitals inaugurated in 2018. Since then, however, only one facility was used for a year and the other has not accepted patients at all…
Vietnam finance ministry proposes extending cut to green tax on fuel
Of note, Vietnam was ranked 180 out of 180 countries in Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index 2024 back in August. Vietnam scored 24.5 points out of 100 with Estonia taking out first place with a score of 75.3.
Vietnam education ministry looks for support tackling corruption in textbooks
This stems from reports back in September that the head of Vietnam’s Education Publishing House which handles the production and distribution of textbooks was taking kickback from paper suppliers…
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