Vietnam July trade deficit widens, driven by higher fuel costs

HANOI, Aug 3 : Vietnam posted a trade deficit of $3.587 billion in July, wider than June's $2.64 billion gap, while consumer prices rose 4.45 per cent from a year earlier, compared with 4.69 per cent the previous month, government data showed on Monday.Goods exports in July rose 25 per cent from a year earlier to $53 b

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Inflation rose slightly to 3.1% in July, sustaining the above-target trend of the last two and a half years, according...

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