According to the decree, the companies and commercial banks that have received the approval of the Central Bank can produce gold bullion. According to a separate statement, the State Bank of Vietnam will also give licenses for the import of unprocessed gold and foreign trading ingot.
According to the World Golden Council, consumer demand for gold in Vietnam last year amounted to 55.3 tons compared to 39.8 tons in 2020 year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/vietnam-opens-up-market-in-pivotal-shift-as-monopoly-ends
2. India is considering the possibility of expanding pension investments by including gold ETF:
pension funds, under the control of about 177 billion, strive for more flexibility in investing the growing volume of savings, which has increased more than three times from the beginning of the pandemic. The data collected by Bloomberg, some of the largest gold ETF India, such as Nippon India ETF Gold, SBI ETF Gold and HDFC Gold ETF, recorded prices by almost 30% in 2025 year:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/india-mulls-expanding-investments-to-include-gold-tfs
3. In I sq. 2025 The share of gold in world international reserves increased to 24% - by 3% more than 21% in the 4th square. 2024
