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Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:05:00 GMT
From:         "Vietnam Publications" <0004741206@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      VN Price Weekly, No. 37 (1993) - SPECIAL ISSUE

VN Price Weekly, No. 37 (1993)
Copyright (c) 1993 by Vietnam Publications (email: vinexco@mcimail.com)

SPECIAL ISSUE
Price changes in 1992 in Vietnam

   Notes: - "0", "+", "-", "unchanged", difference
            in parentheses
          - percentage of changes in square brackets.
   All suggestions for improvement are welcome.

During 1992 (crudely):
*** US dollar fell above 10%
*** Gold fell around 20%
*** European currencies fell above 17%
*** All consumer goods fell except for pork, fish sauce and cement
    Rice -42%, sugar -29%, gas -18%, fertilizer -26%
    Pork +8%, fish sauce 11%, cement +5%

1. Dollar:
   ForEx HCM:
   12/30/91:  buy 12,500 dong/US
   12/30/92:  buy 10,580 dong/US
                  (-1920)
                  [-15.36%]

   Vietcombank (buy/sell):
             HANOI            DANANG           HCM              CANTHO
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12/30/91                                   11500/12240
    12/31/92 10440/10580      10470/10580      10430/10610      10380/10660
                                              (-1070/-1630)
                                              [-9.3%/-13.32%]

   Market (buy/sell):
             HANOI            DANANG           HCM              CANTHO
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12/31/91 12200/                            11700/
    12/31/92 10400/10420      10440/10460      10380/10400      10380/10400
            (-1800/?)                         (-1320/?)
          [-14.75%/?]                       [-11.28%/?]

   Vinexco NY exchange (dong/USD):
              HANOI     DANANG    NHATRANG    HCM        CANTHO
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
    12/31/91  11500     11700     11500       12240      12000
    12/31/92  10440     10560     10550       10500      10500
             (-1060)   (-1140)    (-950)     (-1740)    (-1500)
             [-9.22%]  [-9.74%]  [-8.26%]    [-14.22%]  [-12.5%]

2. Vietcombank foreign currencies (buy/sell):

               Swiss Franc        French Franc       Deutch Mark
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
    12/31/91    8644/9056         2268/2377          7697/8065
    12/31/92    7048/7385         1877/1967          6387/6693
              (-1596/-1671)      (-391/-410)       (-1310/-1372)
             [-18.46/-18.45%]  [-17.24/-17.25%]  [-17.02/-17.01%]

 {3. Gold (99.99% Au) [at SJC Precious Stone Store]

   State (Gold 99% Au, buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
                HANOI       DANANG     HCM         CANTHO
   ------------------------------------------------------
    12/31/91                           555/575
    12/31/92    434/449     435/444    425/435     419/425
                                     (-130/-140)
                                   [-23.42/-24.35%]

   Market (Gold 99% Au, buy/sell in thousand dongs per 1/10th tael):
                HANOI       DANANG      HCM        CANTHO
   ---------------------------------------------------------
    12/26/91                   /550
    12/31/91       /556                    /535
    12/31/92    423/430     414/420     429/434    419/426
                 (?/-126)    (?/-130)    (?/-101)
                 [?/-22.66%] [?/-23.64%] [?/-18.88%]

4. Others in HCM City

                           12/31/91   12/31/92         Percentage
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
   Average rice            d 3,800    d 2,200 / kg         -42.11%
   Pork [ham]              d19,000    d20,500 / kg         + 7.89%
   Sugar [Grade 1 white]   d 5,500    d 3,900 / kg         -29.09%
   Fish sauce (15%)        d 1,800    d 2,000 / liter      +11.11%
   Gas [A72-A76]           d 2,800    d 2,300 / liter      -17.86%
   Fertilizer [urea-type]  d 2,500    d 1,850 / kg         -26.00%
   Cement                  d39,000    d41,000 / 50 kg bag  + 5.13%
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU