Banks watch on loans to potentially risky areas State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV)’s governor Nguyễn Thị Hồng has directed commercial banks to scrutinise whether a large amount of bank loans in the first quarter flew into potentially risky areas or not to timely take suitable measures.

Will market continue its downward trend this week? Some analysts from securities firms expected that the market's bullish trend will continue this week, while others were more cautious and see a downward trend dominating the market.

New stock trading accounts hit record high in March Securities companies registered 113,875 new domestic trading accounts during March, breaking the record set in January of 86,107, according to the Việt Nam Securities Depository (VSD).

Market reverses course, but losses capped by gains in real estate stocks Việt Nam's stock market edged lower on Tuesday as selling pressure reappeared in many sectors.

Dragon Capital buys more 1.2 million shares of steel giant Hoà Phát This move caused the HPG share volume owned by Dragon Capital's investment funds to increase from 198.7 million to 199.92 million shares.

Foreign investments might flow into Việt Nam's stock market from the second half of 2021: BVS Bảo Việt Securities Company (BVS) expects Việt Nam's stock market might attract up to US$1.4 billion from index tracking funds, if Việt Nam is officially upgraded to a secondary emerging market by FTSE.

Does Q1 economic picture satisfy Việt Nam's expectation?

Việt Nam's Q1 picture is still optimistic with the gross domestic product (GDP) expanding nearly 4.5 per cent – among the best performers in the world. However, is this result good enough for the Southeast Asian country to securely triumph over its target set for the whole year?

Benefits of a strong đồng

The State Bank of Việt Nam’s reference exchange rate for the US dollar fell by 0.1 per cent at the end of 2020.

Stock market size on HOSE reaches nearly 71 per cent of GDP Việt Nam’s stock market capitalisation on Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) as of March 31 skyrocketed 93.56 per cent year-on-year to more than VNĐ4.46 quadrillion (US$193.72 billion), HOSE said.

New trading system in place this year: HoSE The move aims to tackle system overloads which have troubled investors recently.