Consistent policies key to draw foreign investment: officials European and American investors were concerned by the lack of rigid policies on corporate transparency and intellectual protection.

National Assembly supports merger of bourses Merging the two national stock exchanges would improve efficiency and trading conditions, the 14th National Assembly heard at a meeting on Thursday.

Vietcombank to sell Vietnam Airlines shares

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has offered to sell more than 2.3 million shares it owns of the national carrier Vietnam Airlines.

PM passes securities market plan

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a new plan that focuses on restructuring the securities market until 2025.

Gov’t agencies blamed for lack of corporate transparency

The slow listing of post-equitisation firms, including State-owned enterprises (SOEs), may make Vietnamese firms less attractive regarding a lack of corporate transparency and government agencies managing those firms must be blamed for the problem.

The five policies that influenced the stock market the most in 2015 The performance of Viet Nam's stock market has been relatively stable this year, sustained by a string of policies to ensure solid development in the medium and long term.

SSC to outline details of foreign ownership This week, the State Securities Commission (SSC) will hold a meeting with the two local exchanges, companies and investors to provide instructions to implement decree 60, issued in June to raise foreign ownership in Vietnamese companies.

More companies make moves to de-list shares as market stalls Sai Gon Beverages Co (TRI) and Descon Construction Corporation (DCC) are two of the latest companies seeking shareholder approval to cancel listing of the companies' shares.

Investment outlook remains positive A bi-annual survey of the outlook for private-equity investment by auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton Viet Nam has found that though optimism for the next 12 months has dropped since the second quarter, the outlook was still generally positive.

Experience shared to make IPOs less exclusive Issuing shares in Viet Nam differed from procedures in other countries as Vietnamese companies offered shares exclusively to existing shareholders rather than seeking new ones, said deputy director of the State Securities Commission Bui Hoang Hai at the "Steps preparing for a successful IPO of enterprises" conference in Ha Noi yesterday.