Gold Demand to Soar in Vietnam as `Shelter' From Devaluations, Stock Slump

``The government devalued last week to boost exports and shore up the nation’s trade deficit, driving the dong to a record low. Vietnam’s benchmark stock index has slumped into a so-called bear market, plunging by more than 20 percent from a May high. Gold priced in dollars reached a record in June on concern that the global recovery may falter. ''