VOV.VN - Vietnam exported seven million tonnes of steel and iron worth a total of US$3.65 billion during the first nine months of the year, an increase of 44.4% in volume and 16% in turnover, despite suffering a drop of 19.7% in value from the same period last year.
The prices of properties with land in Ho Chi Minh City increased by 15% in the third quarter from the same period of last year due to lack of new supply, according to a report by property consultancy JLL.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade, along with the Ministry of Finance, moved to revise their petrol and oil prices at 3 p.m. on October 12, with the retail price of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 seeing a rise of VND53 to VND14,268 per litre.
The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 3.85% year-on-year between January and September, the highest nine-month CPI growth over the last five years, the General Statistics Office reported.
Fuel prices may be reviewed and adjusted three times per month instead of two as currently, according to the latest version of a draft decree amending Decree No 83 on petrol and oil trading.
VOV.VN - The retail price of petrol fell by more than VND51 per litre as of 3 p.m. on September 26 following the latest announcement made by both the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for urgent support for tourism businesses impacted by the second wave of COVID-19.
Tra (pangasius) fish farming has been hit by a double whammy of COVID-19 and prolonged saltwater intrusion in rivers in the Mekong Delta region, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Construction steel sales are predicted to recover in the remaining months of 2020 after a fall in the January-August period due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).
With Vietnam planning to end its power distribution monopoly in 2024, experts expected consumer benefits in reduced prices are unlikely to materialize.