The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) rejected a rumour that gasoline price could go as high as VND100,000 (US$4) per litre after it was circulated on a number of social media platforms.
The Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Public Security to trace the person who spread the rumour that Viet Nam would replace the current banknotes with new ones.
The Ministry of Public Securities has found the three individual
believed to have started rumour that the chairman of the Bank for
Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) was arrested in February,
causing chaos in the stock market.