Banking & Finance

The average transaction value per session in the stock market reached nearly VND23 trillion ($963 million) in the first nine months of 2022, down 14.5 per cent compared to the average in 2021. In the derivatives market, the average trading volume of futures on the VN30-Index reached 210,910 contracts per session, up 12 per cent from the average last year.

Under pressure from global USD prices and rising demand for foreign currencies, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is trying to identify a new exchange rate intervention point. The USD selling rate has been increased from VND23,700 to VND23,925. This is the fourth time the SBV has increased the price this year, totaling VND905, or 3.9 per cent.

The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular No. 59/2022/TT-BTC stipulating a number of fees and charges. Many types of transportation business fees will be cut by 20-50 per cent. The Ministry of Finance said the reduction of fees and charges aims to help transportation businesses overcome difficulties in the context of rising fuel prices and contribute to cutting business costs. Circular No. 59 takes effect from October to the end of the year.

At a dialogue on the corporate bond market held by VnEconomy on September 30, Dr. Le Xuan Nghia said there are still many bottlenecks in the approval of bond issuance documents, resulting in some businesses losing opportunities.

KB Securities Vietnam (KBSV) has said that if banks use up the new credit limit, then credit in the industry as a whole will increase about 13.2 per cent compared to the beginning of the year. Therefore, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) can loosen the limit again, from 0.5-1.2 per cent, to achieve the annual target of 14 per cent.

In a recent letter to investors, Mr. Petri Deryng, Head of the PYN Elite Fund, shared his investment experience and said he believes that healthy economic development and sustainable income prospects will drive Vietnam’s stock market to recover quickly, once the uncertainty subsides. Data from PYN Elite shows that emerging economies, whose stocks are not overvalued but affected by weak global market sentiment, can quickly recover from shocks.