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Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

January 25, 2012
Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

  Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up [...]

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Vietnam stocks rise most in 7 months on interest rates optimism 

January 23, 2012
Vietnam stocks rise most in 7 months on interest rates optimism 

  Vietnam’s benchmark stock index on January 19 rose the most in seven months and the currency rallied to a one-month high on speculation the central bank will cut interest rates and limit declines in the dong. The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange’s VN Index climbed 3 percent to 373.43 at the 11 a.m. [...]

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Vietnam signals rate cuts as Asia’s fastest inflation eases 

January 14, 2012
Vietnam signals rate cuts as Asia’s fastest inflation eases 

  Vietnam signaled that it may cut policy interest rates to “more suitable” levels after the first quarter and weaken the dong this year as Asia’s fastest inflation eases. “The central bank will adjust policy rates to more suitable levels, aiming to help ease the average level of market interest rates,” central bank Governor Nguyen [...]

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Vietnam to adjust interest rates, weaken currency, chief banker says 

January 11, 2012
Vietnam to adjust interest rates, weaken currency, chief banker says 

  Vietnam will adjust policy interest rates to “more suitable” levels after the first quarter and weaken the dong as much as 3 percent this year, central bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh said. “We believe that 2012 will be a hard year, a challenging year for Vietnam’s economy,” Binh said at a conference in Hanoi [...]

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Vietnam bonds decline on speculation banks selling to raise cash 

January 11, 2012
Vietnam bonds decline on speculation banks selling to raise cash 

  Vietnam’s five-year bonds on Monday fell on speculation an increase in money-market rates prompted banks to sell the securities to raise cash. The dong was steady. Overnight interbank borrowing rates climbed to 12.25 percent Monday, the highest level since Dec. 16, from 11.95 percent on Jan. 6, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The money [...]

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Vietnam may adjust reference rate 5-6pct, weakening dong 

January 10, 2012
Vietnam may adjust reference rate 5-6pct, weakening dong 

  Vietnam’s government may weaken the dong this year as gold buying puts downward pressure on the currency, according to economists who advise the prime minister. The country may adjust the dong-dollar reference rate by five percent to six percent in 2012, the National Financial Supervisory Commission wrote in a report released in Hanoi on [...]

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Vietnam inflation slows, central bank signals rate-cut scope 

November 26, 2011
Vietnam inflation slows, central bank signals rate-cut scope 

  Vietnam’s inflation slowed for a third month in November, and the central bank signaled it may consider lowering interest rates. Consumer prices rose 19.83 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 21.59 percent in October, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Friday. The State Bank of Vietnam has room to cut policy rates [...]

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Vietnam dong slips to record low as central bank weakens rate 

October 28, 2011
Vietnam dong slips to record low as central bank weakens rate 

  Vietnam’s dong on Friday closed below 21,000 per dollar for the first time as the central bank set the currency’s reference rate at the weakest level since at least 2005. Government bonds were steady. The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference rate at 20,803, compared with 20,788 on Thursday, according to its [...]

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Vietnam’s dong has worst week since August as fixing weakened 

October 21, 2011
Vietnam’s dong has worst week since August as fixing weakened 

  Vietnam’s dong had its worst week in two months as the central bank set the currency’s fixing lower in an attempt to narrow the gap between the official and unofficial exchange rates. Government bonds fell. The State Bank of Vietnam lowered the reference rate four times this week, setting it at the weakest level [...]

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Vietnam dong falls to weakest level in six months; bonds steady 

October 18, 2011
Vietnam dong falls to weakest level in six months; bonds steady 

  Vietnam’s dong on Tuesday fell to the weakest level in almost six months as the central bank set the currency’s reference rate lower. Government bonds were steady. The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily rate 0.1 percent weaker at 20,723 per dollar, the eighth time this month it fixed a lower level, according [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...