November 16, 2011 (Vietnamica) — U.S. dollar prices to buy gold climbed to $1779 an ounce Wednesday lunchtime in London – 0.5% down from last week’s close –amid suggestions that central bankers in London and Frankfurtare growing more interventionist.
November 9, 2011 (Vietnamica) — Change in the international system comes in large and small doses, but fundamental patterns generally stay consistent. From 1500 to 1991, for example, European global hegemony constituted the world’s operating principle. Within this overarching framework, however, the international system regularly reshuffles the deck in demoting and promoting powers, fragmenting some and empowering others, and so on. Sometimes this happens because of war, and sometimes because of economic and political forces. While the basic structure of the world stays intact, the precise way it works changes.
October 21, 2011 (Vietnamica) — U.S. dollar gold prices fell to $1610 an ounce in Thursday’s Asian trade – a 4.2% loss on the week so far – while stocks and commodities also sold off as reports emerged of a split between France and Germany over how to tackle the debt crisis. Silver prices fell to $30.55 per ounce – 5.2% down for the week.
October 4, 2011 (Vietnamica) – The second session of the Vietnam-Belgium Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation will be held in Brussels, Belgium in 2012. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) was assigned to work with relevant agencies to implement the 2011-2015 cooperation program between Vietnam and Belgium.
September 14, 2011 (Vietnamica) – U.S. dollar gold bullion prices fell 1% in an hour Wednesday lunchtime in London, dropping to $1818 an ounce – a 2% loss for the week so far – before bouncing, while stocks gained despite news of a ratings downgrade for two French banks.
