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gold
Finance
2 min read

Gold Prices Dip as Global Rates Retreat Amid Market Shifts

Gold prices in Vietnam experienced a dip on Wednesday morning, following a global trend of declining bullion rates. The price of gold bars from Saigon Jewelry Company fell by 0.41%, settling at VND120 million (approximately US$4,622.94) per tael. Meanwhile,…

Degussa GoldHandel
Finance
2 min read

Gold Prices Retreat Amid Rising Global Interest Rates

In a market flush with volatility, Vietnam’s gold prices slipped on Monday, reflecting a contrasting trend in the global bullion market where prices surged. This divergence highlights the complex dynamics of consumer trends and trading behaviors. Local Market…

hochiminh vietnam
Living
2 min read

Apartment prices continue to rise in major cities

Apartment prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City continued to rise in the third quarter, going up by 0.24 percent and 0.35 percent from the previous quarter. According to the Ministry of Construction, lower-end apartments in Hanoi, often built in developing…

Eximbank
Finance
2 min read

Some banks in Vietnam enter new rate race

VPBank announced it has offered a rate of 9.2 per cent per year for five-year certificates of deposit. VietA Bank has also listed a high rate of 8.2 per cent per year for certificates of deposit with tenure of just six to 18 months. The rate at Sacombank is…

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Living
2 min read

Power tariff likely to keep unchanged this year

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has not yet decided to adjust power tariffs this year and has been calculating basic prices, the ministry yesterday announced at an electricity production cost conference in Hà Nội. The ministry said that EVN is…

airtel
Telecom
1 min read

Indian telcos square off over interconnection rates

Indian operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone are squaring off with Reliance Jio Infocomm and Tata Teleservices in court over regulator Trai’s recent decision to fix interconnection rates. Trai recently set interconnection rates at zero for landline to wireless…

cat telecom
Telecom
1 min read

CAT to cut network leasing rates by 10%

Thai state-owned operator CAT Telecom will cut its wholesale 850-MHz network leasing prices by 10% to help the companies using the network under an MVNO model improve profit margins. CAT plans to implement the price cuts by the end of the year, citing…

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Finance
1 min read

Hong Kong Central Bank Lifts Key Rates

“Instead of going into the property market, (capital flows) could go out and ease the property market, and that could strike consumers’ confidence and I think the economy next year may not perform so well”, said Paul Tang, chief economist at Bank of East Asia…

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Logistics
1 min read

DHL announces 2016 rate adjustments

DHL Express has announced its annual general average price increase, which will come into effect on 1 January next year. In Germany and in the UK, the average price increase will be 3.9%. Globally, price adjustments will vary from country to country,…