Country: VN | Published: 2026-09-25
Vietnam's market continues to digest life after the FTSE Russell upgrade, with the hoped-for wave of foreign money still slow to arrive and investors holding back. Corporate news o
Vietnam's market continues to digest life after the FTSE Russell upgrade, with the hoped-for wave of foreign money still slow to arrive and investors holding back. Corporate news offers some support, as Japan's SMBC is reportedly in talks to raise its stake in VPBank, a major local lender, and the country's main refinery signed a crude supply deal with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific. Policymakers are also tightening discipline around foreign investment, signaling possible withdrawal of incentives from projects that miss commitments, while the currency reference rate edged slightly higher.