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As many parts of the world battle the impacts of inflation, our reporters take to the streets to learn how rising prices are hitting families in Việt Nam. In this video, we follow Nguyễn Thái Hà, an admin executive of a private kindergarten in Hà Nội. Hà visits Thành Công Market for daily groceries and we see how inflation impacts the budget of her family of four.

Competition in the retail market is predicted to be more intense with the participation of new retailers and operation expansion of existing domestic and international retailers.

The VN-Index is expected to continue its bullish trend thanks to the brighter outlook of many sectors in the last six months of 2023, driven by monetary and fiscal policies.

The SBV early this week also directed commercial banks to continually reduce lending interest rates by 1.5-2 percentage points per year at a minimum for both outstanding loans and new loans.

The USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) has co-ordinated with MM Mega Martket Việt Nam to organise a cooking contest with American chicken ingredients.

The proposed support policies, including an interest rate subsidy of 3 per cent, are expected to create a stimulus to part-supplying enterprises to improve their competitiveness and participate in supply chains of multinational corporations (MNCs).

As the market has dropped sharply in a short time, it may temporarily be supported at 1,160-1,170 points and recover technically to re-explore supply and demand, experts said.

The project, expected to cost VNĐ8 trillion (US$344 million), is divided into three phases. It is slated for completion in two years.  

The investigations are being conducted at the request of the European Steel Association (EUROFER).

The UK and Việt Nam already have a separate free trade agreement – the UKVFTA – in place but CPTPP will add benefits to bilateral trade and investment.

HCM City is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 by adopting policies and mechanisms to transition into a green and sustainable economy. 

The dividend is payable on September 20.

Given that input VAT credits can amount to between 1.0 to 8.0 per cent of product prices, the "free launch" has tilted the playing field significantly in favor of foreign producers.

Nội Bài Airport Services Joint Stock Company (NASCO) plans to auction 1 million shares of Nội Bài Cargo Terminal Services (NCTS), equivalent to 3.82 per cent of NCTS's charter capital, with a starting bid of VNĐ87,130 per share.

Egypt is Vietnam's second-largest trading partner in the African market, accounting for 19% of Vietnam's total exports to the continent in 2022.

Data from the authority showed that the number of trade remedy cases against Vietnamese export products has increased rapidly in recent years. As of the end of June, Vietnam had faced 231 trade defence lawsuits, including 128 anti-dumping investigations.

Local demand for gold bars and coins dropped by 5 per cent year-on-year from 9.6 tonnes in the second quarter last year to 9.1 tonnes in the same period this year.

The investigated goods are polypropylene copolymer classified under HS code 3902.30.90.