President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran must counter U.S. sanctions by continuing to export its oil as well as boosting non-oil exports. SEE MORE Local enterprises’ heavy dependence on bank loans has put pressure on the country’s economic development, causing an imbalance in the capital market, according to Don Lam, deputy head of the private sector development committee. SEE MORE Oil prices were on track for sharp weekly declines on Friday as surging U.S. output countered production losses in sanctions-hit Iran and Venezuela. SEE MORE Việt Nam recorded a trade surplus of US$771 million in the first four months of this year, much lower than the $3.7 billion surplus seen in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has said in a monthly report. SEE MORE The ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance revised petrol prices up on Thursday, marking the third time they had made price adjustments after using the price stabilisation fund. SEE MORE