Gold prices soar, sellers, people wait to buy
Recorded by Lao Dong reporter on April 3, the domestic price of plain round gold rings and gold bars increased dramatically.
At some gold shops on Cau Giay Street (Hanoi), people's demand for gold rings is increasing. Many people are willing to wait for hours to buy gold rings.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quan (Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi) - a customer who came to buy gold rings at a gold shop on Cau Giay Street, Hanoi - said: "In recent days, most stores have limited the quantity of gold rings sold. Today, the staff announced that each customer can buy a maximum of 5 taels. I have been here since 10am and have not yet been able to make a transaction and am still trying to wait". See more...
Purple onion prices drop sharply, Duyen Hai farmers face difficulties
Foreign investors withdraw sharply in the first quarter, Ministry of Finance speaks out
In just the first 3 months of 2025, the Vietnamese stock market witnessed an unprecedented period of "discharge". In the first quarter of 2025, foreign investors net sold approximately VND26 trillion, equivalent to more than 1 billion USD, withdrawn from the Vietnamese stock exchange. This net selling force is equivalent to 20% of the total net selling value for the whole year of 2024 and is almost equal to the whole year of 2023.
At the press conference for the first quarter of 2025 organized by the Ministry of Finance on April 3, answering a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Ha Duy Tung - Vice Chairman of the State Securities Commission - informed that in the morning trading session of the same day alone, the net selling value of foreign investors reached more than 3,000 billion VND.
Mr. Tung said: This morning's market was affected by the new tax policy of the Trump administration. This development may continue, depending on the implementation policy in the United States and the operational response in other countries, including Vietnam.
However, according to Mr. Ha Duy Tung, as of the end of February 2025, the total net selling value only accounted for about 1.9% of the foreign portfolio - which is considered a relatively small proportion. See more...
Distribution of agricultural products, not just stopping at increasing profits
In addition to producing in the right season, many farmers, with their own experience combined with the application of technical measures, have carried out off-season and off-season farming. This helps them increase the selling price of agricultural products but comes with many risks due to unfavorable weather. Most recently, the case of durian trees.
Mr. Nguyen Van Tai (Phong Dien district, Can Tho city) said that this year's durian crop, he worked half the crop earlier with the hope that durian would be sold at a high price. Due to the off-season crop, when the trees were in the flowering and bearing stage, they encountered continuous night rain for many days, reducing durian output by about 40%.
Also facing the situation of heavy rain at night when making durian in the early harvest, Mr. Huynh Vania (Phong Dien district, Can Tho city) shared: "The period of durian preparing to bloom, when it rained for 3 days and nights, caused the loss rate to be nearly 100%, I had to re-work the second batch. The cost of care has increased. See more...
