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Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha says an online portal would be set up this year to provide urban planning information to the public.

European stocks dipped Tuesday afternoon, as broad uncertainties over trade and economic growth soured investor sentiment.

Gold edged away from the previous session’s one-week peak on Tuesday as the dollar regained momentum as the preferred safe-haven from uncertainty over U.S.-China trade tensions, while weakness in equity markets limited losses for the metal.

The government will crack down on locals acting as proxies for foreigners to buy land, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung says.

Oil prices fell on Wednesday on concerns the Sino-U.S. trade war could trigger a global economic downturn, but relatively tight supply amid OPEC output cuts and political tensions in the Middle East offered some support.

Vietnamese banks are persisting with the issue of bonds to comply with credit safety regulations and meet rising credit demand.

Vietnamese lawmakers allege that investors with close ties to officials are benefiting from transactions involving public land.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to a 19-month low Tuesday as Wall Street grew more certain that the U.S.-China trade war will last longer and afflict GDP growth more than first thought.

The dollar stayed firm against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, supported by trade and political worries and a strong rise in U.S. consumer confidence, even as longer-dated U.S. bond yields dropped to 19-month lows.