Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue highlighted the close links between growth models and economic restructuring during a seminar in Hanoi on March 20. SEE MORE The Vietnamese rubber industry enjoyed robust growth in exports but experienced a fall in export prices in the first two months of 2019. SEE MORE London copper and most other base metals rose on Thursday, backed by a softer dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve abandoned plans for a further rate rise this year, and by a lack of near-term supply. SEE MORE Most industrial metals on the London Metal Exchange fell on Wednesday, shrugging off some gains in the previous sessions as investors turned cautious ahead of the result of the U.S. Federal Reserve rate meeting later in the day. SEE MORE * The benchmark Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for August delivery was down 2.2 yen, or 1.1 percent, at 193.0 yen ($1.73) per kg, as of 0035 GMT, tracking an overnight loss in Shanghai futures. SEE MORE