• Vietnam starts futures trading at coffee exchange 

    17/03/2011 05:00

    A farmer tends coffee trees in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak Vietnam started futures trading at its only coffee exchange last Friday, said Nguyen Tuan Ha, director of the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Exchange in the Central Highlands...

  • Electricity, petrol prices, exchange rate, tsunami the problems of greatest interest

    Electricity, petrol prices, exchange rate, tsunami the problems of greatest interest

    16/03/2011 05:00

    While enterprises are still feeling shocked with the dramatic increases of the prices of electricity, petrol and the dollar, they have been urged to consider the possible impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on their business. The first...

  • Traders still turn their back on commodity exchanges

    Traders still turn their back on commodity exchanges

    16/03/2011 05:00

    The Government of Vietnam has allowed commodity exchanges to make forward transactions since January 2011. However, the number of traders is not as high as expected. Commodity exchanges put under control of too many agencies...

  • Tightening control better than prohibiting trade of gold

    16/03/2011 05:00

    Narrowing the trading activities on the bar gold free market, tightening the control of gold trading, and by establishing a national gold exchange, is the solution experts have suggested. Tightening control or prohibiting trade? Dr Vu Dinh Anh, a well...

  • Shipping firms sail into rough seas

    16/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - A number of foreign shipping firms are in the firing line for their alleged-monopolised shipping-related service charges. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has just proposed the government to establish a taskforce to work with a number of...

  • Nearly 200 stocks traded below VND10,000

    Nearly 200 stocks traded below VND10,000

    16/03/2011 05:00

    Up to 63 percent of share prices on Vietnam’s major stock exchange in Ho Chi Minh City are below the book value, while 27 percent are worth less than the face value, according to a report of a financial media. Investors remain unwilling to enter the market in spite...

  • Workers in mining and metallurgy getting best wages in Vietnam

    Workers in mining and metallurgy getting best wages in Vietnam

    16/03/2011 05:00

    A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs MOLISA in 2010 showed that workers in mining and metallurgy industries now get the highest pays in Vietnam. In the interview given to Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam, Tong Thi Minh,...

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