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Gold prices shoot up

Gold prices shoot up

SJC gold price gained 0.38% to VND66.8 million ($2,821.55) per tael Saturday morning. Gold ring price went up 0.74% to VND54.8 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces. Globally gold prices jumped nearly 2% on Friday, driven by a slide in U.S. Treasury yields and broader …

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Only 1.7% of HCMC applicants get social housing loans

Only 1.7% of HCMC applicants get social housing loans

Of 18,000 people in HCMC who have sought loans to buy or build social housing in the last five years, only 1.7 % has managed to get them. Nguyen Duc Lenh, deputy director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Branch, said that since 2018 his bank …

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China’s Xi nominates Li Qiang to become premier

China's Xi nominates Li Qiang to become premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday nominated Li Qiang to become premier during the ongoing annual meeting of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, a role charged with managing the world’s second-largest economy. Li, the former Communist Party chief of Shanghai, China’s largest city, will replace Li Keqiang, who is retiring during the …

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