Sacombank Jewelry Company bought the metal at VND36.88 million and sold at VND36.94 million as of 8 am local time.
Saigon Jewelry Company, the biggest gold shop in Vietnam, purchased gold at VND36.85 million and sold at VND36.95 million at the same time.
Meanwhile, Hanoi-based Phu Quy Jewelry bought SJC-brand gold at VND36.84 million and sold at VND36.96 million as of 10 am local time.
Internationally, gold jumped to an all-time high as a weaker US dollar prompted investors to seek the metal as an alternative asset.
Gold futures for June delivery rose as much as $6 an ounce, or 0.4 percent, to close at $1,458.5 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Earlier, the metal touched $1,463.7 an ounce.
Gold for immediate delivery also advanced by $1.5 an ounce to $1,459 an ounce. In the trading session, the metal sometimes hit $1,461.91 an ounce or plunged to $1,450.6 an ounce.
In Asia, the metal sharply made correction as investors sold the metal to book profits this morning. Spot gold was traded at $1,456.3 an ounce as of 10:15 am Vietnamese time.
Crude oil futures for May settlement closed at $108.83 a barrel. Brent crude oil futures for May delivery surged to $122.2 a barrel.
Domestically, the interbank US exchange rate rose by VND5 per dollar to VND20,713.
Vietcombank bought the greenback at VND20,915, and sold at VND20,920.
