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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1992 17:29:00 GMT
From:         "Vietnam Publications" <0004741206@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      [NEWS] VN Price #1
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New York, April 11, 1992

Dear Netters:

We would like to offer a weekly VN Price bulletin beginning this month.
Please let us know if
   (a) this is a good idea and we should continue,
   (b) too much, or too little,
   (c) you would like to see other prices,
   (d) you would like to recommend some change of format, or
   (e) more of other news from Vietnam.

Regards,
Ngo Thanh Nhan
Vietnam Publications

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VN Price Weekly, No. 1 (1992)

by Vietnam Publications
   82 Wall Street - Suite 1105, New York, NY 10005
   Tel. 212 967-2020, Fax  212 967-2113, email: vinexco@mcimail.com

Prices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Can Tho as of April 11, 1992:

Notes: "0", "+", "-", "unchanged", difference since previous VN Price report,
       in parentheses.

All suggestions for improvement are welcome.

1. US Dollar:
   ForEx HCM: buy d11,460 dong/US (-10) since 4/10/92.

   Vietcombank (buy/sell):
           HCM         HANOI        DANANG       CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------------
    04/10 11300/11460  11180/11460  11400/11470  11300/11460
             (0/-20)    (-20/-10)    (-20/-20)    (-50/-60)

   Market (buy/sell):
           HCM         HANOI        DANANG       CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------------
    04/10 11370/11420  11320/11350  11400/11450  11470/11550
          (-110/-110)   (-50/-50)    (+50/0)     (-110/-130)

   Vinexco NY exchange rate (dong/US dollar):
           HCM     HANOI   DANANG   NHATRANG   CANTHO
   ----------------------------------------------------
    04/10  11430   11300   11300    11300      11400

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

     Swiss Franc   French Franc   Deutsch Mark
   ---------------------------------------------
     7305/7828     1950/2123      6620/7190
       (0/+150)      (0/+75)        (0/+173)

3. Gold:
   State (Gold 99% Au, buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
           HCM       HANOI     DANANG    CANTHO
   -----------------------------------------------
    04/10  470/482   478/492   477/484   475/480
            (0/-3)     (/-3)     (/-9)   (-5/-5)

   Market (Gold 99% Au, buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
           HCM       HANOI     DANANG    CANTHO
   -----------------------------------------------
    04/10  478/480   478/482   466/476   475/480
           (-6/-6)     (/-6)     (/-8)   (-5/-5)

4. Other prices in HCM City (unchanged except for rice and sugar)

   Average rice            d 1,950 / kg (-100) [ga.o te? thu*o*!ng]
   Pork [ham]              d19,000 / kg        [thi.t lo*.n mo>ng sa>'n]
   Sugar [Grade 1 white]   d 3,800 / kg (-200) [crystalized, produced locally]
   Fish sauce (15%)        d 2,000 / liter
   Gas [A72-A76]           d 2,300 / liter
   Fertilizer [urea-type]  d 1,850 / kg
   Cement                  d37,000 / 50kg bag.

Copyright (c) 1992 by Vietnam Publications.  All rights reserved.
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