Credit growth across the banking sector reached 15.08% as of the end of 2024, exceeding the year’s target of 15%, according to Standing Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu.

Measures to alleviate difficulties for enterprises and citizens in 2024 proposed by the Ministry of Finance including tax and fee reduction and exemption represented an estimated value of VND191 trillion (US$7.49 billion), the ministry reported on December 31.

VOV.VN - The State Securities Commission (SSC) held a working session with representatives from FTSE Russell and Morgan Stanley in Hanoi on November 4 to examine the upgrade of the Vietnamese stock market.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) recently approved the listing of 23.7 million shares of TNV, owned by the Thong Nhat Ha Noi JSC, on the UpCom bourse.

Vietnam is on track to reach 9 million stock trading accounts by 2025 and 11 million by 2030, CEO of Vietnam Report JSC Vu Dang Vinh has said.

Japan will continue its support for the State Securities Commission (SSC), stock exchanges and relevant parties in Vietnam to improve the equity market’s fairness and transparency under a technical assistance project from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), heard a workshop in Hanoi on September 23.

Foreign institutional investors are allowed to buy Vietnamese stocks without having enough money at the time of purchase from November 2 under Circular No.68/2024/TT-BTC recently issued by the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc introduced Vietnam’s stock market potential in Singapore, saying the country is trying to meet the criteria for upgrading the stock market in the near future.

Trinh Van Quyet, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the real estate developer FLC Group JSC, on August 5 was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the charges of "fraudulent appropriation of property" and "stock market manipulation".

Leading investment fund VinaCapital remains confident in the Vietnamese stock market in the last months of this year despite foreign investors’ heavy net selling.