Hanoi (VNA) – TheFinance Ministry’s State Securities Commission (SSC) was awarded with IndependenceOrder, second class, during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 28 on the occasionof the 20th anniversary of its traditional day.
Speaking at the event, Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the SSC as a channel to raise mid and long-term capitalfor the economy, equitisation and restructure of State-owned enterprises overthe past 20 years.
He asked the SSC to continuefine-tuning management mechanisms, ensuring openness, transparency, fairnessand efficiency, contributing to economic restructuring, renewal of growth model,and global integration.
Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung saidthe ministry will continue directing the securities sector to refine policiesin line with market mechanisms and international practices while improving theState management on the securities market.
SSC Chairman Vu Bang, for his part,said more than 2 quadrillion VND (90 billion USD) has been raised since 2011via the securities market, 1.4 quadrillion VND (63.6 billion USD) of them are viastocks, a 4.75-fold increase from 2005-2010, contributing to 23 percent of thetotal social investment.
Meanwhile, the bond market grows 31percent annually – the highest among emerging economies in East Asia andASEAN 3. In 2010-2015, more than 795.8 trillion VND (36.17 billion USD) wasmobilised for the State budget.
As of November 2016, the stock marketcapitalisation hit 1.79 quadrillion VND (81.36 billion USD), or nearly 43percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). Overall, the securities marketvalue accounted for 65 percent of the GDP.
According to the SSC, the total numberof securities accounts has soared from 3,000 in 2000 to more than 1.67 million,18,500 of them are owned by foreign investors./.
The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) was actively implementing the corporate bond scheme to make the local corporate bond market work next year.
Shares advanced on August 17 on the two national stock exchanges, buoyed by investor expectations of a specific roadmap for the Government to sell its capital proportions in many big listed companies.
Foreign capital inflows into Vietnam’s securities market in the first half of this year increased 3.5-fold on a yearly basis, reaching 722 million USD.
The local securities market is expected to further expand in the last months of the year after two trading regulations are put into practice in November.
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A trade official has suggested companies work closely with shipping lines, airlines, and freight forwarders to monitor routes, transit times, and potential surcharges while exploring broader cargo insurance to cover risks like war and terrorism.
In addition to institutional reform, the agency is also rolling out key solution groups to combat counterfeit goods, imitations, and intellectual property infringements in the digital environment.
The event, co-organised by the Vietnam Trade Office in the UK and TT Meridian, a local importer of Vietnamese fresh produce, aims to build a national lychee brand and encourage broader recognition of Vietnamese fruits in a competitive, high-end market.
The industry's performance has been powered by bold investments in modern production lines, enabling Vietnamese firms to produce complicated products which were exclusive to advanced economies.
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