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Asia Pacific markets were mostly higher on Monday morning on the back of better-than-expected jobs data in the U.S. and reports of progress in trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing.

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Mekong Delta and the south-eastern region plan to grow other crops on more than 126,300ha of low-yield rice fields this year as a means of adapting to climate change and improving farmers’ incomes.

HCM City (VNA) – The development of the tourism sector has helped attracting investment in tourism real estate, while encouraging investors to diversify their projects, products and services, held experts at the Tourism Property Forum 2019 on April 6.

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s economy remained on the growth in the first quarter of this year, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong at a review meeting in early April.

Hanoi (VNA) - The daily reference exchange rate was set at 22,988 VND/USD on April 8, unchanged from the last working day of previous week (April 5).

Stocks posted their second consecutive weekly rise on Friday as investor sentiment was boosted by better-than-expected jobs data and progress on the U.S.-China trade front.

European stocks edged higher on Friday, as the U.S. posted a solid rebound in job creation in March.

Gold was little changed on Monday as strong U.S. jobs data boosted investors' appetite for riskier assets, with markets awaiting minutes of the Federal Reserve's March meeting later this week.

Oil prices rose to five-month highs on Monday, driven up by OPEC'songoing supply cuts, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela and healthy U.S. jobs data.