Dat Nguyen

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index went up 0.04 points to 1,345.87 points Thursday with foreign investor net sales the highest in a month.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.46 percent Wednesday with the majority of blue chips in the green, led by MSN of conglomerate Masan Group.

Apartment prices rose by 9 percent year-on-year in August in HCMC and by 8 percent in Hanoi despite falling demand, according to a popular real estate listing website.

The Government of Singapore has reduced its ownership in conglomerate Masan Group by a 1.65 percent stake, its second major sale this year.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index slipped 0.13 percent to 1,339.70 points Tuesday as HCMC prolongs social distancing for another 15 days while the number of new Covid-19 cases remains high.

Lender HSBC has lowered its growth forecast for Vietnam from 7.1 percent to 5.1 percent given the ongoing fourth Covid-19 wave that has disrupted key economic activities.

Vietnam’s sovereign fund has subscribed to Vietnam Airlines’s rights offering amid its accumulating losses due to Covid-19.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.29 percent to 1,341.43 points Monday but with trading value surging double-digit.

Reopening the economy is necessary but any untimely decision amid low vaccination rates and high contagion risks could stymie the country’s efforts to defeat Covid-19, experts warn.

Vietnam is the second most stressed country in the Asia Pacific about the current financial situation, a survey of 10 countries has found.

An Alibaba-backed fund has invested an undisclosed amount in Vietnamese retail chain Homefarm.

Seventy six percent of European companies in Vietnam have recorded a negative outlook in the third quarter this year due to negative impacts caused by the fourth Covid-19 wave.

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.1 percent to 1,345.31 points Friday with trading value sidestepping as investors tread carefully amid uncertainties over economic reopening.

The number of securities accounts opened in the first eight months of this year was 842,405, higher than the combined figure of the last three years.

No European business has left Vietnam due to Covid-19, but continued restrictions and delayed vaccination could cause them to do so, a EuroCham executive said.