Business

Hung Yen opens the 2026 Longan Festival and Trade Promotion

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Hung Yen - On the evening of August 7, the Hung Yen Longan Festival and Trade Promotion 2026 opened at Nam Hoa Park, Pho Hien ward.

Gold prices break through, silver and platinum accelerate

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Gold prices rose more than 1%, heading for their strongest weekly increase since the beginning of the year as oil prices cooled down, before the US released jobs data.

Lang Son pours trillions of VND into infrastructure, border gates and digital transformation

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Lang Son will allocate more than 34,290 billion VND of state budget capital for the public investment plan for the 2026-2030 period.

Update on gasoline and oil prices on August 7th: Simultaneous decrease

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Update on gasoline and oil prices on August 7: World oil prices in today's trading session simultaneously decreased.

Ha Tinh approves investment in 4 wind power projects with a total capital of 7,810 billion VND

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Ha Tinh - The Provincial People's Committee has just issued decisions approving the investment policy for 4 wind power projects with a total capital of 7,810 billion VND.

Forecast 29 stocks will welcome billion-dollar capital after upgrade

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FTSE Russell will announce the official list of stocks included in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (FTSE GEIS) for emerging markets on August 21.

Coffee prices today August 6: Increase again

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Coffee prices today on August 6 rebounded, averaging 98,900 VND/kg. Robusta and Arabica in the world both increased in the most recent session.

Land problems, compensation for power grid projects in Quang Ngai

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Quang Ngai - The electricity sector spends 917 billion VND to invest in the transmission grid system, but some projects still have problems with land.

Gasoline and oil prices simultaneously fall sharply from 3:00 PM today

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In the price adjustment period this afternoon, August 6, domestic gasoline and oil prices fell sharply.

USD exchange rate today August 6th: Waiting for new signals from the FED

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USD exchange rate today August 6: The USD on the international market fluctuates slightly as investors wait for more signals from the FED, while the central exchange rate in the country continues to be adjusted to increase sharply to 25,433 VND/USD.

Retail gasoline and oil prices today 6.8 at Petrolimex

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Retail gasoline and oil prices today, August 6th, at the Petrolimex system have not had any new fluctuations, continuing to be applied according to the price level effective from the operating period on July 30th.

Gold price reverses trend to break through, cash flow returns to precious metals

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Gold prices broke through at their strongest in 6 months, approaching 4,300 USD/ounce as the USD weakened and expectations of the Fed reducing interest rate pressure.

Vinh Long discovers 17 violations after inspection of gold trading enterprises

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Vinh Long - Inspecting 21 businesses, gold shops and jewelry business establishments, the market management force discovered 17 violations, and fined 90.5 million VND.

Bao Loc mangosteen affirms brand, prices increase to record highs

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Lam Dong - After nearly 3 years of being trademark protected, Bao Loc mangosteen continues to have a bumper crop, good prices, affirming its brand and increasing income for farmers.

Net worth of the 5 richest billionaires in Vietnam reaches 47 billion USD

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Forbes data updated at 8:30 am on August 6 shows that the total net worth of the 5 richest billionaires in Vietnam reached about 47 billion USD.

6-month savings interest rate above 7%, depositing 1 billion VND receives a maximum of 46 million VND

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Some banks currently have 6-month savings interest rates above 7%/year. With 1 billion VND, interest after 6 months can be up to 46 million VND.

Latest BIDV interest rates, deposit 100 million and receive more than 20 million VND in interest

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Updated savings interest rates at BIDV on August 5, 2026, with the highest interest rate, depositors of 100 million VND can receive 20.4 million VND in interest.

Series of supporting factors push world gold prices above 4,200 USD/ounce

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Gold prices rose sharply to a 6-week high as US economic data weakened, bond yields cooled down and the USD lost momentum.

Short-term 6-month savings deposit with interest rate of 9.2%

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Cake by VPBank is currently offering preferential savings interest rates for a 6-month term at 9.2%/year.

8 richest billionaires in the world lose more than 67 billion USD in one session

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The assets of the top 8 richest billionaires in the world decreased by 67.3 billion USD; of which, except for Jensen Huang and Michael Dell who increased, the remaining 6 people decreased in assets.