VAMC (Vietnam Asset Management Company) is now holding VND230 trillion worth of bad debt, including real estate which is used as collateral for bad debts it has purchased from commercial banks.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has approved a plan to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in Binh Minh Plastics (BMP) to 100 percent. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market has never made such big leaps as it has in the last few months. The prices of a number of stocks have climbed to an all-time peak, enriching businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, total investment value in startups in SE Asia reached $1.5 billion, but less than $100 million was poured into Vietnam. 

Viet Nam’s benchmark VN Index remained fragile on Monday, losing its positive momentum as investors remained cautious over the current market downtrend.

VietNamNet Bridge - The regulation on allowing foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam took effect three years ago, but the list of projects that can be sold to foreigners has still not been released.

Stock analysts remain cautious on the market outlook this week in the context of a deficiency in supporting information as well as the weakening participation of foreign traders.

The Thien Viet Fund Management Company (TVAM) of Thien Viet Securities (TVS) on July 28 organized a ceremony to celebrate the first anniversary of the TVGF fund, where it announced the establishment of the second TVGF - TVGF2 fund.

In late August, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will divest their capital in three major companies with a total charter capital amount of VND1 trillion ($44 million).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to develop Vietnam’s bond market in 2017-20 with a vision to 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge - The share prices of many securities companies have increased since the beginning of the year thanks to the rising stock market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thai, Japanese and Danish investors are earning trillions of dong from the shares of profitable Vietnamese enterprises they are holding.

The good performance of macroeconomic indexes has supported the strong rise of the stock market, which has experienced the best six-month period in the last nine years with growth rate of 14.4 percent. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Within a short time, capital flow to the stock market unexpectedly surged this year and broke the record of 10 years ago.

VietNamNet Bridge - It’s now better than ever for banks to list shares on the bourse: bank share prices have bounced back after a period of decline.

The Vietnamese stock market has surpassed its counterparts in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand to become the fastest-growing market in the region in the first six months of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the first half of the year, the VN Index exceeded the 700-point and then the 750-point threshold, the highest point since 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that the stock market is still the most effective investment channel this year, though the yield will be lower than in the golden days in the past.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of trillions of dong have been poured into bank shares as investors hope prices will continue to rise thanks to reasonable policies on resolving bad debts.

VietNamNet Bridge - Both Vietjet and VNG have said they want to be the first Vietnamese enterprises to list shares on foreign bourses. Other firms have tried to do so in the past.