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Exotissimo unveils two new Vietnam Tour programs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, featuring cross-cultural exchanges and experiential excursions.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s benchmark stock index fell the most in seven months, the world’s worst performance today, after the central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in inflation and a widening trade deficit.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in accelerating inflation and a widening trade deficit that is eroding confidence in the dong.
The dollar slipped against its major rivals in Asian trading Wednesday, while Vietnam's currency took center stage as the country's central bank said it would again devalue the dong.
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND221.4 billion ($ 12.4 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND3 trillion traded Wednesday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
A recent operation offers a peek inside the 'underground railroad,' a network of safe houses and secret border crossings that assists in the escape of North Korean refugees. As he cased the security at the foreign embassies in Hanoi, the 78-year-old retiree was seized with sudden self-doubt. He was certainly no John le Carre. Who was he to play spy?
As 300 children with facial deformities underwent life-changing surgery this month in Hanoi, Vietnam, Samantha Coxe, a 17-year-old volunteer, knew her service at the hospital would be life-changing for her, too. The San Clemente High School senior is...
Hanoi - Health experts Wednesday were troubled by news that Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are discharging 20,000 cubic metres per day of untreated wastewater into public sewers and rivers. Municipal environmental authorities announced last week that jus...
Vietnam’s central bank said Wednesday it would devalue its currency for the third time since June 2008 and raise its benchmark base interest rate.
Vietnam Devalues Currency To Protect Reserves
The Hume family stands beneath the sign for Hume Court, named after Col. Harlan Hume, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who flew more than 100 missions in the Vietnam War and earned four Distinguished Flying Crosses. He died in a flying accident during the 1970s.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent, the first increase since January, and narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.
The Vietnam War took the lives of six men with connections to Minneota, but there had never been a local memorial dedicated to them. It was a sacrifice that shouldn't be forgotten, Charles and Royal Hettling said. "We wanted to do something that was the best we could get locally," said Charles Hettlin.
Gold adds another 1% amid reports that India is set to buy more gold from the IMF RBA gives another very bullish assessment of the Australian economy Australian skilled vacancies +2.4% in October Australia Q3 construction work +2.2%, QoQ Japan October trade balance +800 billion JPY US lowers duties on Chinese steel pipes Vietnam devalues Dong, raises interest rates by 1% A bullish session for ...
(RTTNews) - Vietnam's central bank raised its key interest rate on Wednesday. The State Bank of Vietnam hiked the benchmark interest rate to 8% from 7%. Also, the central bank narrowed the trading band of dong against the dollar to 3% from 5%, with effect from November 26.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent from 7 percent, according to a statement on the central bank’s Web site. The State Bank of Vietnam also narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.
