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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:58:00 GMT
From:         "Vietnam Publications" <0004741206@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      VN Price Weekly No. 15 (1992)
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VN Price Weekly, No. 15 (1992)
Copyright (c) 1992 by Vietnam Publications (email: vinexco@mcimail.com)

Prices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Can Tho as of July 18, 1992:

*** US dollar fell, gold increased.
*** Price of fertilizer increased.
*** Amphraco, a US company, signed a joint venture contract with the College
    of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City for the production of
    medicine.  Ampharco is to contribute $1 million to import materials and
    equipment and to upgrade existing workshop. [Indochina Digest 7/17/92]
*** Ho Chi Minh City prohibited all private mail services without going
    through the official postal services or an appropriate license.  It is a
    crackdown on a flourishing unlicensed private mail services since 1990.
    Violations will be fined dearly. [Saigon Giai Phong 6/29/92]

         Notes: "0", "+", "-", "unchanged", difference since
                previous VN Price Weekly report, in parentheses.
         All suggestions for improvement are welcome.

1. US Dollar:
   ForEx HCM: buy d11,150 dong/US (-40) since 7/17/92.

   Vietcombank (buy/sell):
           HCM         HANOI        DANANG       CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------------
    07/18 11000/11140  11000/11150  11000/11150  11040/11180
           (-60/-50)    (-80/-70)   (-100/-70)    (-40/-40)

   Market (buy/sell):
           HCM         HANOI        DANANG       CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------------
    07/18 11080/11100  11160/11180  11110/11130  11150/11180
           (-90/-90)    (-70/-80)    (-50/-50)    (-20/-30)

   Vinexco NY exchange rate (dong/US dollar):
           HCM     HANOI   DANANG   NHATRANG   CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------
    07/18  11100   11050   11000    11100      11100
           (-80)   (-100)  (-100)   (-50)       (0)

2. Other currencies at Vietcombank (buy/sell):

     Swiss Franc   French Franc   Deutsch Mark
   ---------------------------------------------
     7935/8448     2115/2252      7145/7607
    (+169/+179)    (+36/+39)     (+143/+152)

3. Gold:
   State (Gold 99% Au, retailed buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
           HCM       HANOI     DANANG    CANTHO
   -----------------------------------------------
    07/18  470/480   473/482   471/477   469/475
           (+2/+2)   (+8/+3)   (+5/+3)   (-1/0)

   Market (Gold 99% Au, buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
           HCM       HANOI     DANANG    CANTHO
   -----------------------------------------------
    07/18  474/481   467/474   458/468   468/473
           (+4/+2)   (-3/-5)   (+4/+4)    (0/-.5)

4. Other prices in HCM City (unchanged except for urea)

   Average rice            d 2,100 / kg        [ga.o te? thu*o*!ng]
   Pork [ham]              d21,500 / kg        [thi.t lo*.n mo>ng sa>'n]
   Sugar [Grade 1 white]   d 4,200 / kg        [crystalized, produced locally]
   Fish sauce (15%)        d 2,000 / liter
   Gas [A72-A76]           d 2,400 / liter
   Fertilizer [urea-type]  d 2,250 / kg (-50)
   Cement                  d38,500 / 50kg bag.
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