Foreign investors are optimistic about Vietnam’s capital market

The years, capital market of Vietnam, including: stock market, bond market… has developed rapidly. If in 2015, the size of the capital market reached less than 40% of GDP, by 2021 it will increase 3.5 times, reaching more than 134% of GDP.

However, the rapid growth of the stock market and the bond market has generated potential risks. The market appears to have the following phenomena: price manipulation, price manipulation… increasingly sophisticated. In particular, a number of organizations and individuals have committed serious violations and been handled.

The Government has directed the Ministry of Finance and related ministries and branches to: build and complete the legal corridor, submit to competent authorities for promulgation appropriate and effective mechanisms, institutions and policies, not exceeding tight, not too loose… to protect genuine and responsible investors.

Over the years, the capital market of Vietnam, including the stock market, the bond market… has developed rapidly. (Illustration image – Photo: Investment Newspaper)

In the last 5 weeks, foreign investors have continuously net bought stocks, fund certificates… with a value of 3,589 billion dong (about 155 million USD). This shows that foreign investors are still quite optimistic about Vietnam’s capital market.

“The Vietnamese market has developed strongly in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides bank loans, the thriving corporate bond market has really been a source of financial resources. important long-term key for investment and supporting the country’s growth prospects.

Faced with recent “hot” developments in the market, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) highly welcomes the efforts of the Vietnamese Government in enhancing publicity and transparency… in order to regulate the market. and improve monitoring overall. This really helps the long-term development of the capital market, improves the protection of the interests of investors, including individual investors and other retail investors,” said Ms. Era Dabla. Norris, Department of Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF), commented.

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