Gold price breaks out, trend continues
The gold market witnessed a strong price increase in the first quarter of 2025, when gold prices continuously broke the peak. A series of factors, from economic fluctuations, prolonged risks of inflation to increased geopolitical tensions, have created strong momentum for this trend.
The collapse of the ceasefire in the Middle East and the prolonged war situation have increased risk-off sentiment globally. Along with that, the market is also affected by new trade policies, causing investors to turn to gold as an effective defense channel.
Since the beginning of the year, gold has become one of the assets with the strongest growth rate, surpassing both the S&P 500, large technology stocks and Bitcoin. In the first 50 days of the year, gold prices have increased by more than 400 USD, establishing one of the strongest up cycles in history.
The June gold futures on the Comex are currently trading at $3,117/ounce, while the silver futures also surpassed $355. See more...
Efforts to stabilize retail pork prices due to high demand
Stock market gloomy, investors wait for signals
The stock market has gone through a week of struggling trading as cautious sentiment continues to dominate. Although the week started with a positive increase, the demand was not strong enough, causing the VN-Index to quickly return to an adjustment state. The index then continuously weakened with liquidity remaining low, despite large pillars still alternating to keep the pace.
After many challenges, the VN-Index lost 1,320 points in the trading session at the end of the week on March 28 due to pressure from the bluechip group. At the end of the last week of March, the VN-Index stopped at 1,317.46 points.
The trading volume remained below the 20-day average, showing the cautious sentiment of investors, especially after the previous strong increase.
In terms of impact, VCB, FPT and HPG are the stocks with the most negative impacts, causing the VN-Index to lose more than 3 points. Meanwhile, VIC is a rare bright spot contributing nearly 1 increase to the general index. See more...
Thai Binh mulberry growers reap fruit to earn millions
From growing mulberry trees to raise mulberry leaves, many people in the mulberry growing area of Hong Phong commune (Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province) have more income from the fruit when the mulberry season is ripe.
Because of growing trees for leaves, people do not pay attention to taking care of the fruit, but the weather is favorable, the fruit also has good yields. The price of mulberries currently ranges from about 20,000 - 35,000 VND/kg depending on the quality of the fruit and the model. On average, a person picked about 15kg of fruit per day.
Taking advantage of picking mulberry to earn extra income from morning to night on the beach, Ms. Tran Thi Hong (75 years old, in Hong Phong commune, Vu Thu district) said that her family has more than 1 mulberry growing model. Because mulberries can only be harvested in about a month, Ms. Hong takes advantage of the harvest day to pick the fruit until late at night. See more...
