In May, SBV launched an inspection campaign focussing on law compliance of gold trading enterprises, part of efforts to narrow the gap between international and domestic gold prices.
With gold no longer being a speculative asset class or cash substitute, the Government should have a more reasonable policy for managing it, according to experts.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has publicised a draft circular that would adjust existing regulations managing gold trading, Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) newspaper reported.
In recent days, buyers have been accounting for 80 per cent of all customers at Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewellery and Gemstone Company, one of Viet Nam’s biggest gold trading companies.
Viet Nam Gold Trading Association (VGTA) asked the State Bank of Viet
Nam to allow local producers of gold jewelry and fine art to import gold
materials.
Domestic gold prices are currently hovering at a low of VND35 million
per tael, in contrast with previous years when people used to flock to
jewellery stores ahead of Teat.
A representative of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) affirmed that
virtual gold trading was illegal and warned them of the extremely high
risks involved.
Doji Gold and Gems Group has become the first Vietnamese enterprise to
receive a licence from the Government to measure gold content in
jewellery traded in the domestic market.
Many HCM City banks want the central bank to abolish the interest cap
for deposits of up to six months, considering it a "hurdle" to their
deposit mobilisation efforts.
The local gold price lost 0.05 per cent yesterday to settle at VND35.28
million (US$1,663) per tael, in the first trading session since the
nine-day Tet holiday.