December 20, 2011
Butchers and customers dance as morning exercise at Nghe An Province’s Ben Thuy Market.  Small traders at a market in north-central Vietnam have managed to lose weight after opening a dance club around and even on their stalls.  Market-goers at Ben Thuy Market in Nghe An Province’s Vinh Town have humorously call the [...]
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December 19, 2011
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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December 16, 2011
Investors at SME Securities Corp. Many stock investors are facing the risk of losing all their money as securities companies â after illegally using funds deposited by clients â are stuck in liquidity problems. Economist Dinh The Hien said a lot of stock brokerages have acted like small banks. Although they are not allowed to, [...]
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November 21, 2011
Bao Tin Minh Chau gold bars are displayed for sale at a gold shop in Hanoi Experts say gold buyers may fall victim to new restrictions planned for the bullion market, with concerns rising over potential monopolistic control. Dinh Nho Bang, vice chairman of the Vietnam Gold Traders Association, said the plan to reduce [...]
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November 12, 2011
 A man talks on the phone inside the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan New York, October 31, 2011. Almost two weeks after the bankruptcy of commodities firm MF Global, customers at rival firms are all asking the same question: How safe is [...]
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November 9, 2011
Gold bar producers are required to have a minimum market share of 25 percent under a new draft decree Economists warned that a plan to reduce the number of gold producers can lead to a supply shortage and the emergence of a black market, news website VnExpress reported Monday. The warnings came after the central [...]
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October 7, 2011
During a rare burning argument over recent fuel price adjustments at a conference on Tuesday, Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue asked local fuel companies to quit trading in fuel if they can’t survive with the current prices. “The Ministry of Finance doesn’t leave any business out. If our management causes damages to businesses, we [...]
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September 4, 2011
Farmers transport rice after harvesting it outside Hanoi. Vietnam is expected to export a record 7.3 million tons of rice this year. The prices of many agricultural products are rising in the world market, but Vietnamese exporters may not be able to capitalize on this opportunity because their stocks are thin. Coffee prices have surged [...]
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September 3, 2011
Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]
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August 23, 2011
An employee looks at jewelry at a gold shop in Hanoi. The central bank estimated individuals were holding between 300 and 500 tons of gold. The recent gold frenzy has exposed several weaknesses in market regulations and it’s time to set up an official exchange to put gold trading back in order, experts said. Vietnam’s [...]
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CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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