VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to urgently finalise a study and assessment of a proposal to establish a national gold exchange, and submit it to the Government’s Standing Committee in January.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will set up a gold exchange at an appropriate time when it is able to meet all necessary conditions, said Nguyen Thi Hong, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), at the question-and-answer round of the National Assembly in Hanoi on November 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese gold prices continued to soar on the afternoon of December 19, hitting a new record high of VND74.9 million per tael on the back of the ongoing global market rally.

VOV.VN - The nation’s consumption demand for gold during the second quarter of the year reached 14 tonnes, an increase of 11% against the same period from last year, according to figures given on July 28 by the World Gold Council (WGC).

The Vietnam Gold Trading Association (VGTA) has proposed the establishment of a national gold exchange in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.