Thriving equity market helps boost business transparency The development of the equity market will help promote the transparency and corporate governance of listed companies, especially public companies with State capital, an official has said.

Foreign investors net buy VN shares after five months Foreign players’ net purchases of equity on Việt Nam’s stock exchanges approximated VNĐ1.97 trillion (US$84.4 million) in the month.

MSCI announcement pulls shares down Shares failed to rally on Wednesday, partly affected by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)’s announcement that Việt Nam will not be included the company’s watchlist for potential reclassification as an emerging market.

VN fails to make MSCI watchlist for status upgrade Việt Nam has once again missed the chance to break into Morgan Stanley Capital International’s watchlist of potential reclassification for a status upgrade.

VN hopes to enter MSCI watchlist this year, but experts are uncertain One year after failing to enter MSCI’s watchlist for a market status upgrade, it is still uncertain if Việt Nam will make it this year despite efforts made to improve market conditions.

VN Index returns from Tết, aims at 990 points

Returning from the one-week Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index is forecast to grow strongly with banks leading the market upturn.

Shares advance after FTSE announcement

Shares advanced on Thursday on the two national stock exchanges, propped up by foreign purchases and the information that Việt Nam’s stock market was added into the FTSE Russel’s watch list for a possible market status upgrade.

Vung Tau food fest fetes Independence Day Vung Tau will celebrate the National Day as well as its status upgrade to a Grade 1 city with a four-day (August 22-25) food festival.

Island set for major status upgrade Phu Quoc, a popular tourism destination, is being primed to become a major development hub with a huge fillip in status as a centrally managed administrative and special economic zone by 2020.

Status upgrade for PJICO corp An upgrade of status for the Petrolimex Joint-Stock Insurance Corporation (PJICO) was granted last week.