Analysts from securities companies are optimistic about stock market movement during the first trading week of this year and betting the positive trend will continue.
It may take Vietnam two years to get upgraded to emerging market level from the current frontier market classification, VNDirect Securities Corporation said in its 2020 outlook.
Foreign investors have poured around 36.4 billion USD into the Vietnamese stock market by the end of 2019, a rise of 11.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC).
Brokerages proposed different scenarios for the movement of VN-Index from now until the end of the year depending on the world's economic growth prospects.
Foreign investors are diving into developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-fired power projects in Vietnam, in part due to country’s growing demand for electricity.
Thailand's baht strengthened on March 25 when investors saw a likely win for Palang Pracharath Party which backs incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has set 22 targets for socio-economic development in 2019, focusing on State budget restructuring, improvement of its investment and business environment and promotion of the innovation and startup ecosystem.
Political clarity and continued economic expansion have bolstered investor sentiment to its highest level in seven months and prompted analysts to forecast the Thai stock market hitting 1,826 points by year’s end.
Foreign capital inflows to the Indonesian financial market doubled to over 46 trillion IDR (3.54 billion USD) by the end of January, compared to 17 trillion IDR in the same period last year.
Stocks on the national exchanges are expected to rise further in the last week of 2017, boosted by positive macro economic development and foreign traders.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung stressed improving the efficiency of public and foreign investment during a Q&A session at the 14th National Assembly’s third plenum on June 14.
The Ministry of Finance is drafting a document for the next generation Law on Securities in an effort to complete legislation for the securities market.
Foreign capital inflows into Vietnam’s securities market in the first half of this year increased 3.5-fold on a yearly basis, reaching 722 million USD.
The capitalization of Vietnam’s stock market was estimated at more than 1,325 trillion VND (58.8 billion USD), equal to 34 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP), this year.
The second Vietbuild 2015 International Exhibition opened in Hanoi on November 11 with the theme of “Real Estate – Interior & Exterior Decoration and Building Materials.”
The rate of locally-made contents in the energy sector is the main focus of a conference that was opened by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi on October 7.
Many foreign investors are now focusing on the property market in Vietnam, driven by its long-term investment potential and the country's drastic move in revamping its policies.
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