From just two listed stocks at its inception, Vietnam’s stock market has transformed over 24 years into a dynamic marketplace with thousands of listings as of July 2024. Alongside rapid growth in market size and trading volume, the exchange has attracted an increasingly diverse mix of investors — from individuals to institutional and foreign funds.
The evolution marks Vietnam’s steady progress toward becoming a more sophisticated and globally integrated market, reflecting both rising investor confidence and the country’s expanding economic ambitions.
This article is a condensed and translated summary (original in Vietnamese, VN) of a feature published in the September 2024 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek Vietnam.