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Retail Asia01/12/2023
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On Thursday, prices of the popular gasoline RON95 dropped for the third time this month while diesel slid to a four-month low. RON95 fell 0.13% to VND22,990 ($0.95) per liter, while biofuel E5 RON92 rose 0.46% to VND21,790. This was RON95’s third straight decline this month. Diesel declined for the fourth time in a row […]

Retail Asia24/11/2023
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Gasoline prices went down for the second time in a row Thursday, while diesel declined for the third straight time. The popular gasoline RON95 fell 2.17% to VND23,020 ($0.95) per liter. Diesel went down 2.87% to VND20,280. Starting this week, the government will adjust retail fuel prices every Thursday instead of every 10 days as […]

Retail Asia14/11/2023
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Gasoline prices dropped slightly, while diesel slid to a three-month low Monday afternoon. The popular fuel RON95 fell 1.63% to VND23,530 ($1), while biofuel E5 RON92 dropped 1.5% to VND22,270. Diesel plunged 4.83% to VND20,880. In the last 13 days fuel prices have fluctuated globally due to tightened supply after Russia and Saudi affirmed production […]

Retail Asia10/11/2023
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Starting Thursday, Vietnam’s power prices increased by 4.5% to over VND2,000 (8.2 U.S. cents) per kWh, the second time they went up this year. Average power prices have increased from VND1,920.37 to VND2,006.79 per kWh, just six months after prices increased by 3% in May, state-owned Vietnam Electricity (EVN) announced. Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of […]

Retail Asia02/11/2023
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Gasoline prices went up for the second time in over a week, while diesel prices dropped slightly. The popular fuel RON95 went up 1.79% to VND23,920 per liter. Biofuel E5 RON92 rose 2.08% to VND22,610. Diesel dropped 2.46% to VND21,940. Global prices have fluctuated in the last 10 days amid Middle East tension and the […]

Retail Asia27/10/2023
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The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has reported record after-tax profits of VND54 billion (US$2.2 million) mainly due to a nonrecurring revenue item, interest in bank deposits. It received interest of VND245 billion on deposits, but also managed to trim expenses, according to its latest financial statements. Gross profit rose 40% year-on-year to VND110 […]

Retail Asia17/10/2023
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With the construction of many large power plants stalling or slowing and the dependence on imports for energy increasing, electricity shortages are possible until 2050, lawmakers fear. According to a report on energy development in 2016-21 done recently by a supervisory team form the National Assembly Standing Committee, Vietnam’s primary energy resources are increasingly depleting […]

Retail Asia16/10/2023
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China is still a key growth market for budget furniture retailer IKEA despite the world’s second-largest economy showing signs of strain, executives at the biggest IKEA store owner said on Thursday (Oct 12). China was for several years the fifth biggest market by revenue for Ingka, which runs most IKEA stores globally, but it has […]

Retail Asia12/10/2023
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Gasoline and diesel prices declined in Vietnam Wednesday afternoon, following a similar trend globally. The popular RON 95-III dropped 7.24% to VND23,040 ($0.94) per liter. Biofuel E5 RON92 fell 6.8% to VND21,900 ($0,90). Diesel decreased by 5% to VND22,410. The average price of RON 92 dropped 1.5%, to $86.78 per barrel, while RON 95 fell […]

Retail Asia02/10/2023
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Vietnam’s industry ministry has launched an investigation that could lead to anti-dumping duties on wind towers originally from China, following a complaint by domestic producers, the government said on Saturday. Producers in Vietnam have claimed that dumping of Chinese-origin towers has caused “significant damage” to them, the government said in a statement, without elaborating. “In […]

Retail Asia26/09/2023
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While everyone is anxious to learn more about Spotify’s HiFi tier, the streaming company announced the launch of a much smaller new feature: Voice Translation for podcasts. The pilot Voice Translation for podcasts is a new feature powered by AI, which does exactly what the name suggests: it translates podcasts into additional languages in podcaster’s voice. Developed […]

Retail Asia22/09/2023
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Gasoline prices on Thursday rose to another new peak this year while diesel prices continued to climb. The popular gasoline RON95 went up 3.5% to VND25,740 ($1.06) per liter. This was its seventh increase in the last two months. RON95 has risen by around 10% since the beginning of the year. Biofuel RON92 rose 3.07% […]

Retail Asia19/09/2023
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Although last Tuesday was very clearly Apple’s big day in the spotlight for the season, the Cupertino-based tech giant is treating its hardcore fans and devoted followers to a bunch of exciting announcements today as well. These include the highly anticipated public rollouts of the latest iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS versions but also something else that […]

Retail Asia12/09/2023
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Diesel price went up 1.81% to VND23,050 per liter on Monday, continuing its climb, which began four months ago. The fuel has seen its price increase by over 30% since May 11. Authorities said that fuel prices have been fluctuating amid concerns about tightened fuel supply after Russia extended its production cut as OPEC+ countries […]

Retail Asia06/09/2023
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Gasoline prices continued to rise on Tuesday and reached the highest since August last year. The popular RON95 was 1.10% higher at VND24,870 per liter. Biofuel RON92 price went up 0.60% to VND23,470. Diesel price also increased by 1.30% to VND22,640 per liter. Globally RON92 price went up 0.50% in the last two weeks to […]


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