Domestic investors registered nearly 141,000 new securities trading accounts during last December, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC).

Of which, 140,559 accounts were owned by individual investors, marking a record high over the past two years. The others were owned by institutional investors.

The figure brings the total number of new securities trading accounts owned by domestic investors in 2024 to over 2 million.  

By the end of December, the total number of securities trading accounts of domestic investors reached over 9.2 million, equivalent to 9% of the population, fulfilling the set target ahead of schedule.

Under the national strategy on stock market development by 2030, Vietnam targets to have 9 million securities trading accounts owned by domestic investors by 2025 and 11 million by 2030.