Indices falter despite rising liquidity

Shares fell at the last trading minutes on Tuesday, dragged down by slump of Vinamilk (VNM) and PV Gas (GAS), as investors remained sluggish amid rising escalation in the US-China trade war.

Shrinking foreign investors' heads Although foreign investor transactions make up only about 10-20 per cent of daily stock market trades, they have a huge influence on domestic investors' psychology.

Hanoians hurry to get stock market savvy "The VN-Index is hotter than my girlfriend," joked Xuan Phong, a bank official. Phong says lately he favours gathering with friends at coffee shops to discuss the stock market over going out with his girlfriend.

Boom in high-risk informal trading Stock trading in the informal market is three to six times larger than trading in the country's securities trading centres, said the World Bank's report on observance of corporate governance standards and codes.