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HCMC – The strong rises of oil and gas stocks and other heavyweights such as lender VCB and property firm VHM, pushed up the VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange.

HCMC – Two weekly chartered flights will carry tourists from Indonesia to the central coastal city of Danang from June until the end of the year. The period is expected to see an estimated 7,000-9,000 Indonesian visitors on board chartered flights arriving in the city.

Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Xuan Cuong has asked localities and enterprises to deploy measures to optimise opportunities for the shrimp sector to achieve the goal of 4.1-4.2 billion USD in export in 2019.

Lam Dong (VNS/VNA) - Despite being renowned for high quality flowers, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong still faces problems such as poor storage and lack of new, high quality seeds that hinder its ability to satisfy domestic demand.

Investment inflows into the real estate sector are expected to shift from big cities like Hanoi and HCM City to other localities in the second quarter of the year, attendees heard at a conference held in Thanh Hoa Province on Saturday.

Stocks in Asia were tepid in Tuesday morning trade following an overnight session that saw a muted finish for shares on Wall Street.

Oil prices on Tuesday reached their highest since November as concerns over exports from war-torn Libya stoked tightness in the market, with global supply already hit by OPEC-led production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.

US Treasury yields tick higher after factory orders data show decline in February

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 22,993 VND/USD on the morning of April 9, down by 5 VND from the day earlier.