Today’s client success story is about a Spanish young woman living in Roma in Italy with a Swedish boyfriend and investing her savings in Vietnamese stock markets. What an international profile that is and definitely not an ordinary one. Even though we will not give the name of this client, please note that she has agreed that we share her story below on our blog. So once again, we have a European client with a very Internationale profile investing in Vietnam. When she opened

As you can see in our chart, volatility somewhat has reduced recently. Over the last couple of days, bank stocks have suffered rather large losses; a trend that started more than a month ago now. However, other sectors are performing well and overall; the main indexes are up so far in May. Indeed, as of May the 15th, HOSE index is up by 2.2% and HNX index is up by a more modest 0.8%. #Vietnameseshares #Vietnamesestockmarket #HNX #HOSEindex

A quick look at the main Vietnamese indexes performance since the beginning of April. As you can see in the chart, volatility is quite high these days. The US air strikes in Syria and a possible tightened margin lending policy in Vietnam have affected the main indexes. Nonetheless, HNX index is still up this month. #Vietnameseshares #Vietnamesestocks

What do you need to know about a company before buying its stock? Many things actually..but if we had to limit ourselves to 5 points, we would say: 1. Fully understanding what the company does. 2. Looking in details in the financials. 3. Determining how richly the Company's Stock is currently valued. 4. Making searches on the Company’s management. 5. Asking ourselves if there are any extra reasons to avoid this stock? #Vietnameseshares #Vietnamesestocks #Stocksselection

February has been a hectic month, to say the least. Vietnam's stock markets have been heavily hit by the plunges on Wall Street that triggered a rout in equities worldwide. Vietnamese shares suffered large but luckily temporary losses. A couple days prior to Tết (the Vietnamese New Year), the VN index was down more than 10%. After this turmoil, indexes started to rise strongly notably supported by large-cap stocks such as PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation shares (GAS).

December has been another good month for the Vietnamese stock market. On the economic side, the Vietnamese Government announced that the country’s economy grew 6.8% in 2017. This is the highest economic growth recorded in 10 years. This growth has been driven in part by strong performances in industrial output and tourism. Industrial and construction output grew 8% on year to year basis while the service sector expanded 7.4%. Over the month, Ho Chi Minh index is up by 3.6% an