Securities fuel shares, investors seek profits in large-caps Shares traded positively on Thursday thanks to the growth of securities stocks but investors still dumped a number of large-caps to collect intra-day profits.

Stock market may not enjoy lower lending rate impact: analysts

The recent interest rate cuts by the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) have little impact on the Vietnamese stock market.

Can Việt Nam take advantage of new foreign investment strategies?

COVID-19 has been deemed a catalyst for investors to take the 'China plus one' strategy into more significant consideration and the trend of shifting manufacturing bases to Việt Nam has recently picked up pace.

VN stocks rise on earnings hopes The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange gained 1.17 per cent to end at 869.13 points – its highest level since March 6.

P/B, P/E ratios at five-year low, banks should be good options With average price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) ratios at a five-year low, bank stocks are among the good options available for investors right now, analysts said.

VN stocks fall for second day as sellers become more active Vietnamese shares fell for a second day as investors kept bringing large-cap sector down on stronger profit taking while securities firms posted good gains.

Brokerages' outstanding loans down 14 per cent The spread of COVID-19 has severely impacted all global stock markets, with Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange losing a third of its value in January-March

Building material sector to benefit from speeding up disbursement of public investment

The building material sector would be among the first to benefit from the Government’s efforts to speed up disbursement of public investment, which was identified as a growth driver as the COVID-19 pandemic cast a shadow on the economy.

Securities firms' earnings consumed by proprietary trading Four securities firms with the largest market shares saw proprietary trading erode their earnings in the first quarter as the global pandemic COVID-19 hit the market hard and pulled share prices down sharply.

Cash-rich firms more resilient amid pandemic Investments in companies with strong finances help safeguard returns during market crises because businesses with ample cash will be better able to cope with challenges and recover faster than others.