Vietnamese logistics companies need to improve their competitiveness to stay afloat when the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, experts have said. SEE MORE The country’s feed-in tariff has supported a boom for Vietnam’s solar sector, but now the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes a rate reduction in order avoid solar projects becoming a victim of their own success. SEE MORE Zinc prices rose on the London Metal Exchange in early Asian trade on Monday, setting the metal used to galvanise steel on course for a fourth straight day of gains as investors worried about inventories at a 12-year low. SEE MORE Investors are bracing for weaker results from U.S. shale players in coming days as lower oil and natural gas prices and cost-cutting measures have weighed on third-quarter operations. SEE MORE Oil prices fell on Monday after strong gains last week, as data released in China reinforced signs that its economy is slowing, though progress in China-U.S. trade talks has supported prices. SEE MORE