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Banks lent VND480,000 (US$18.88 billion) in June, higher than their total lending in the first five months, indicating a rising demand for credit. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had instructed banks to lend more to ensure credit growth reaches 5-6% for the year by the end of the June. In …

Shares tread water on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange on Monday as investors focused on companies with promising earnings prospects. Workers of Lâm Thao Fertiliser and Chemical JSC transport fertiliser products onto customers’ vehicles. The company shares (LAS) hit the ceiling growth of 10 per cent on Monday. —VNA/VNS …

Authorities have quarantined 134 people in the central Nghe An and northern Bac Giang provinces for being in close contact with two diphtheria patients, one of whom has died. The deceased, an 18-year-old woman who lived in Nghe An’s Ky Son District, had been in contact with 119 people, the …