The two bourses in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 17 welcomed a number of new listings, including two in HCM City.

Vinaconex 15, a member of the Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Corporation (Vinaconex), officially listed 6 million shares on the Hanoi Stock Exchange .

The company became the 15th member of Vinaconex to join the stock market.

On the first trading session, 115,000 shares coded V15 were sold out at an average price of 16,500 VND with the demanded volume four times higher than the offered.

The same day, the HCM Stock Exchange welcomed the 216th listing - the Vietnam Golf Tourism Joint-stock Company, which offered 13 million shares coded VNG.

On the first transaction session, the company sold its shares at a price of 16,000 VND per share.

VinaGolf now runs three international golf hotels, including two four-star hotels in Da Lat and Can Tho cities, and one two-star hotel in Can Tho. The hotels every year receive some 50,000 guests, half of them being foreigners.

Also on that day, the Vietnam Fumigation Joint-stock Company with a charter capital of 81.3 billion VND sold its first shares coded VFG on the HCM City-based stock exchange at 68,000 VND per share.

The Vien Dong Pharma Co will enter the bourse on Dec. 22 to list about 8.9 million shares at initial reference price of 85,000 VND per share.

The pharmaceuticals producer earned 788 billion VND and posted a net profit of 90.7 billion VND in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the profit target for the entire year by 20 percent./.