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.

Vietnamese shares joined those on other Asian markets yesterday as they experienced the hardest fall since the beginning of the year, dragged down by the latest Chinese stock rout.

The Vietnamese finance market has been shaken by a number of events in recent days. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have cautioned the public about assuming that billions of dollar worth of capital will come to Vietnam because of the Chinese stock market problems.

All the favorable conditions for the stock market to prosper can be seen at this moment: open policies, the strong recovery of the economy, interest of international investors, and strong capital flow to frontier markets.

Vietnam is emerging as one of the most attractive emerging markets, as reported in many foreign newspapers and financial newswires, after the government of Vietnam lifted the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in unconditional business fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - The rising Vietnamese stock market is now attractive in foreign investors’ eyes amid the turmoil of the Chinese and European markets. But this does not mean that a price boom will occur, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Marc Farber, the internationally famous investor, has advised securities investors to forget about China and go to Vietnam instead.

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 - The State Treasury has announced a plan to put VND6 trillion worth of treasury bills out to tender and another VND6 trillion this week to mobilize capital for the state budget.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister has agreed to raise the ceiling on the foreign-ownership ratio in Vietnamese commercial banks from 30 percent now to “over 30 percent”. However, specific figures were not released.

Many unusual things are now occurring in the finance market, worrying investors.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of foreign investors have withdrawn their cash from Vietnam because of the appreciation of the dollar and the recovery of the European stock markets.

Vietnam's State Securities Committee (SSC) has held a workshop to publish changes to Decree 58/2012/ND-CP, which aim to implement and amend the Securities Law in order to improve the efficiency of the national stock market.

Commercial banks have postponed listing their shares on the bourse, as requested by the State Bank (SBV) in an effort to make banking operations transparent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Feng shui experts say the “Prosperity” star still shines in 2015, the Year of the Goat. Therefore, if someone makes an investment in the year, especially in metals, he will see good results.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors’ excess of sales over purchases in the stock market have been attributed to the appreciation of the US dollar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese stock market is experiencing its toughest days of the year, with the VN Index falling by 23 percent, even sharper than the 20 percent drop during the “East Sea event” in May.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of securities companies have been put on sale. These include the ones with bad financial situation, offered to be given away.