Vietnam is suffering from a 25%-plus inflation rates and in an effort to save its plunging currency, suspended the importation of gold.
Vietnam investors are so intensely buying gold as a hedge against inflation that gold importation has become one of the largest trade deficit contributors.
The government can try to stop investors from buying gold, but it won’t work. Inflation is here and gold is the right way for investors to protect themselves.
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