VietNamNet Bridge - If capital outflow returns to Vietnam in 2016 thanks to global integration effects, the Vietnamese stock market may become more attractive than last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Considering the effect of the rollercoaster year that was, including the crash of China’s stock market and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The stock market will see large improvements on both local markets this year, despite many problems in both local and global economic conditions, said a Vietnam Investment Securities Company analyst.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many new upstarts have emerged, causing big changes in the ranking of rich Vietnamese.

 Vietnam’s stock market is forecast to face a range of hurdles in 2016, said Vu Bang, Chairman of the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) at a ceremony to round out the top ten stock market events in 2015 in Hanoi on December 28.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that the most important factor that may have a negative impact on the stock market is the exchange rate fluctuation.

VietNamNet Bridge - The valuation of Vietnamese companies on the stock market is lower than 40-50 percent than in neighboring markets, according to Dominic Scriven.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thanh Vu, general director of a construction and building materials trading company that is listed in HCM City, recently decided to sell some of his stock holding in his company 

VietNamNet Bridge - It is highly possible that the plan to equitize 289 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2015 could fail once again.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though the VN Index has lost 3.76 percent, the Vietnamese stock market is still listed among the best performing markets in the world.

 Shares in London and elsewhere in Europe rebounded at the start of trading, despite another night of steep falls for the Chinese stock market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market, with its small scale, is unable to absorb large amounts of shares to be sold by equitized state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

VietNamNet Bridge - Any happening in the world, from war, gold price fluctuations to politicians’ speeches can have an immediate impact on the Vietnamese market.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of foreign investors have withdrawn their cash from Vietnam because of the appreciation of the dollar and the recovery of the European stock markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors may wholly own securities and fund management companies in Vietnam from this year,

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung struck the gong symbolizing the opening of the first trading session of the Year of the Goat at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on February 24, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) have been officially permitted in Viet Nam since September 2012, but no such funds have been launched due to tight restrictions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission (SSC) is revising Decree 58/2012 guiding the Securities Law to increase the foreign ownership limit at listed enterprises,

 The State Securities Commission (SSC) is expected to finalise a set of new policies this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since its issuance late last year, Circular 36/2014/TT-NHNN, which set limits on how much banks can lend to stock investors, has had a strong impact on both credit institutions and the securities market.