VOV.VN - Numerous people in Hanoi and HCM City queued up on the early morning of February 6 in front of gold shops to buy gold on God of Wealth Day which falls on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air on February 5 announced its promotion programme in the year with 500,000 super-saving tickets priced from only VND5,000 (US$0.21) for flights from March 1 to December 31.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected the operation at the Minh Phu Seafood Corporation in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on February 5, one day ahead of a national conference on developing shrimp sector. 

Last year the VPBank-owned FE Credit-Consumer Finance Services added 2.7 million accounts to take its total number of customers to 3.3 million.

Domestic gold demand is expected to surge sharply on February 6 as Vietnamese prefer buying the metal to mark God of Wealth Day – the tenth day of the Lunar New Year (February 6).

Banks in Vietnam return after the Lunar New Year festival with promotions to attract deposits while the local gold market builds up speed in anticipation of the God of Wealth Day.

Totalgaz Vietnam Limited Liability Company, a subsidiary of French integrated oil and gas corporation Total, has terminated the agreement to buy Thang Long LPG Co., Ltd., the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage and bottling subsidiary of Malaysian oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad.

The consumer price index (CPI) in January rose 0.46 % over December, 2016 and 5.22 % compared to the same month last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The number of companies involved in foreign trade has increased, indicating simplified customs procedures, a senior official of the Customs General Department said.

Vietnam will likely launch its bond derivatives market in the first quarter of this year. This is part of the four-year roadmap for the domestic bond market prepared by the Ministry of Finance and projected to be submitted to the Prime Minister this year.