As of April 17, statistics showed that stock prices of 80 loss-making enterprises had surged by 44% compared to earlier this year while those of the rest rose only 36%. However, to seize this opportunity, investors have to know an enterprise thoroughly to evaluate its real value and possible risks. Given regulations of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE) and the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), enterprises... 

Experts expect the market to continue uptrend this week or even in the rest of the month given good news of a bailout package tentatively put forth by the Government. At the closing session last week, the markets staged strong rallies. The VN-Index last Friday gained 7.52 points to 476.32 points, up 1.6% from last Thursday. Meanwhile, the HNX-Index surpassed the resistance mark of 80 points as it... 

The local market fell back slightly on Wednesday after the recent four-day long national holiday while heavy selling pressure sharply spurred liquidity. The VN-Index lost a mild 1.31 points, or 0.28%, against last Friday to close at 472.46. The market opened a few points higher before hitting the daily high of 478.44 and then dropped back to end the morning just over a point in positive territory.... 

As the markets failed to break through important resistance levels last week, securities companies expected another week of seesaw trading on low liquidity as many investors might not come back after the long national holiday. The three indices closed in positive territory before entering the four-day long holiday. The VN-Index gained 3.56 points to 473.77, up 1.7% from last Friday, while the VN30... 

What happened to Vietnam’s stock market between April 18 and 24 Although the April consumer price index rate was the lowest in the past 37 months, being only 0.05% over March, the stock market remained bearish this week. Over the weekend, transactions became lackluster across the board with liquidity nose-diving. On the HSX exchange, the total order-matching transactions during the first session... 

The board of directors of Vietnam Prosperity Bank, or VPBank, said at the joint stock bank’s annual general meeting on Tuesday that it would pay a stock dividend even though shareholders wanted cash. A representative of the board explained the bank would rack up losses if it offered shareholders a cash dividend. Meanwhile, the stock dividend payment will help it secure capital and also raise chartered... 

The local market moved up strongly for a second straight session on Wednesday as investors rushed to buy low-priced real estate and financial stocks, thus lifting the VN-Index up 7.22 points, or 1.55%, against the previous day to close at 472.87. The market gained in early trade but fell back before reversing direction and going on a run, which took the index higher by several points at the end of... 

Only 1/3 of the operational securities companies would survive after the restructuring process initiated by the State Securities Commission (SSC), which plans to set up stricter requirements on the companies. According to SSC, a securities company would be forced to stop operation if it is put under the special supervision for six consecutive months, and its accumulative loss is equal to 50 percent... 

The local market ended its four-day losing streak with a mild rebound on Tuesday as buying energy sharply increased towards the end of the session. The VN-Index inched up 0.48 points, or 0.1%, against the previous day to close at 465.65. The market opened higher but quickly fell several points to hit the daily low of 460.6 before recovering somewhat during the middle of the morning session and then... 

The local market extended its losing streak to the fourth straight session on Monday despite the inflation number for April becomes the lowest in 37 months. The VN-Index fell 0.55 point, or 0.12%, against the session earlier to close at 465.17. The market opened higher and ran up several points to hit the daily high of 469.2 points before dropping back and closing the morning session just in negative...