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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked SEB Bank, the largest bank in Northern Europe, to assist in restructuring underperforming banks in Vietnam. The request was made during a January 17 meeting between the Vietnamese PM and Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB Group) – Sweden’s leading financial services …

Gasoline and diesel prices on Thursday climbed for the second week in a row, with gasoline being at the highest since early December. The popular gasoline RON95 rose 2.51% to VND22,480 per liter, highest since Dec. 7. Biofuel E5 RON92 went up 1.76% to VND21,410. Diesel increased by 2.49% to …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.56% to 1,169.06 points Thursday, highest since Sep. 22. The index closed 6.53 points higher after dropping 0.59 points in the previous session. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 21% to VND13.197 trillion ($537.34 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest …