Investors shift to safe-haven assets, gold and silver prices increase
Gold prices surged despite traditional market rules, amid growing concerns about Donald Trump's tough trade policy.
This price increase clearly reflects the trend of investors looking for safe-haven assets in the context of policy instability overwhelming economic platforms that vonically support the market.
Gold futures continued to recover for the second consecutive session, officially closing the previous 5-session streak of consecutive declines.
This rally is especially noteworthy as gold could rise even as the US dollar strengthens a relationship that often moves in the opposite direction. See more...
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Silver price increases by 25% in the first half of 2025
According to the latest report from the silver Institute (SI), the cash flow into silver has increased sharply in the first half of 2025, amid geopolitical and economic instability, pushing the price of this metal to its highest level in the past 13 years.
The average price of silver in the first 6 months of the year increased by 25%, just slightly lower than the 26% increase in gold in the same period - the report stated.
Experts at SI say that the high gold- silwer price ratio in April and May makes silver seem to be undervaluable in the long term. At the same time, a more positive sentiment in the industrial metals group thanks to the resumption of trade negotiations between the US and China also contributed to supporting silver prices. See more...
Difficulty in managing functional food business on social networks
In the first 6 months of 2025, the whole province of Son La deployed 143 inspection teams to inspect and examine 627 food production, processing and trading establishments. However, the number of establishments fined is only 4, with a total fine of 17 million VND - a figure considered too modest compared to the actual violation.
At the same time, Son La province recorded 2 cases of food poisoning that caused many hospitalizations, including 1 death.
According to Ms. Trang Thi Xuan - Vice Chairman of Son La Provincial People's Committee - food safety management is still overlapping and ineffective. The management model is not yet unified, and is scattered between three sectors: Health, Agriculture and Environment, and Industry and Trade. See more...
