Steel prices remain unchanged
Viet Nam News Friday 16th April, 2010
HA NOI — The price of ex-factory steel has remained unchanged for the past two weeks after it rocketed from roughly VND12.4 million per tonne to VND17 million in just a few weeks, according to the V...
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