Vietnam stock market: Status upgrade and transparency in listed firms' information disclosure

Foreign players may pour $8 bln into Vietnam shares on market status upgrade: VinaCapital

Foreign investors will likely put between $5 billion and $8 billion into Vietnamese securities if the local stock market is elevated to an emerging one from its current frontier status, a VinaCapital executive has said.

Finance - Wed, October 11, 2023 | 10:19 am GMT+7

Credit rating key to Vietnam’s stock market status upgrade: Saigon Ratings chairman

Vietnam's low credit rating is one of the reasons why foreign investment funds are hesitant to pour capital into the country, writes Phung Xuan Minh, chairman of Saigon Ratings, the first credit rating agency in Vietnam.

Finance - Tue, October 10, 2023 | 10:51 pm GMT+7

Information transparency vital to Vietnam stock market development: official

Transparent information disclosure is a vital base for the sustainable development of the Vietnamese stock market as securities authorities are striving to upgrade its status, said Pham Hong Son, vice chairman of the State Securities Commission (SSC).

Finance - Tue, October 10, 2023 | 10:28 am GMT+7

Prefunding requirement, foreign ownership limit major Vietnam stock market bottlenecks

Vietnam has to deal with two stock market bottlenecks – pre-funding requirement and foreign ownership limit, says Dr. Nguyen Son, chairman of the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC).

Finance - Tue, October 10, 2023 | 9:52 am GMT+7

Vietnam stock market status upgrade: officials, experts to discuss implications

A conference on Tuesday will discuss information disclosure by listed firms and other implications of an upgrade to Vietnam’s stock market status.

Economy - Tue, October 10, 2023 | 7:47 am GMT+7

Vietnam needs to meet higher standards for market status upgrade: expert

Vietnam, now classified as a “frontier market” by both the U.S.’s Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and the UK’s FTSE Russell, needs to meet the higher standards of these organizations to get its status elevated to an “emerging market”, writes Can Van Luc, chief economist at Hanoi-based BIDV bank.

Finance - Mon, October 9, 2023 | 2:59 pm GMT+7