Gold edges lower

Gold ring also went down 0.11% to VND91 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces.

Globally gold eased on Thursday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields, while investors awaited a key inflation report to assess the Federal Reserve's policy path, Reuters reported.

Spot gold fell 0.4% at $2,905.64 an ounce.

U.S. gold futures also lost 0.4% to $2,918.20.

"A light pickup in the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields seen to be pressuring gold a bit in this session," said Ilya Spivak, head of global macro at Tastylive, adding that the overall uptrend for gold is broadly intact.