The stock market capitalization reached 2,260 trillion VND (101 billion USD), equal to 50.3 percent of the national GDP, and is the highest-ever level since the market began operation.
Vietnam Airlines has asked its shareholders to register their ownership by the end of this month to serve its trading registration on the UPCoM, which is expected in December.
The local securities market is expected to further expand in the last months of the year after two trading regulations are put into practice in November.
The Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) is now managing 1.6 million securities depository accounts , it was reported at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 3 to celebrate the VSD’s 10 years of operation.
The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has mobilised 212 trillion VND (9.46 billion USD) in Government bonds for the State budget in the first half of this year, said Nguyen Thanh Long, the exchange chairman.
Japanese drug manufacturer Taisho Group has acquired more than 21.3 million shares or a 24.4 percent stake in Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (DHG), the group announced on July 5.
Vietnamese securities companies are in a hurry to seek a suitable system to work with when the first-ever derivatives market is launched by this year-end, according to local media.
The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) and the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) plan to run the first-ever derivatives market by the end of this year, said HNX on March 16.
The Ministry of Finance has issued a new circular on information disclosure on the stock market with amendments which aim to enhance transparency and meet the growing market demand.
The State Securities Commission's plan to shorten settlement time for transactions from the current three days to two, may not boost liquidity in the market but benefits investors, experts said.
The State Capital and Investment Corporation will sell all 11.7 million shares it held in the Vietnam Investment Construction and Trading Joint Stock Company.
A workshop to introduce the derivative market, expected to be launched in 2016, was opened by the State Securities Commission (SSC) in Hanoi on August 24.
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