Delegates the National Assembly Standing Committee's ongoing session have voiced concern over skyrocketing gold prices, asking the government to narrow the gap between domestic and global prices.
The Government has requested an immediate inspection over gold bullion trading in an attempt to stabilize the domestic gold market that has witnessed a sudden price rise in recent days.
Former chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has been arrested over violations regarding an ecotourism project in the Central Highlands' Lam Dong Province.
The Government has proposed extending the cut in value-added tax (VAT) from 10% to 8% on specific groups of goods and services from July 1 until the end of the year to support business and production activities.
Many jewelry stores in Ho Chi Minh City have shuttered temporarily in the last two weeks as authorities began an inspection of the market to weed out fake and smuggled gold.