Research Center

We believe that the main growth driver for Vietnam’s economy in 2H23 will mainly come from the government’s economic support policies. Therefore, Vietnam’s key investment topics in the second half of 2023 will be closely related to an easing monetary…

In May 25, the SBV decided to reduce some policy rates such as the refinancing rate (down 0.5% points), the ceiling deposit interest rate for 1-month to 6-month term (down by 0.5% points),.. The 12-month deposit interest rates of commercial…

VN-INDEX closed at 1,064.6pts (+1.5% mtd, +5.7% ytd) on May 25 2023. We believe the market’s rally was supported by: A series of supportive policies issued by the Government and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently have solved some…

1Q23 market aggregate earnings slumped by 18.1% yoy, improved from that of -31.9% yoy growth in 4Q22. Among companies under our coverage that have reported 1Q23 results, we see more disappointments than positive surprises as 46% missed our estimates. 1Q23…

VN-INDEX closed at 1,041.4pts (-2,2% mtd, +3,4% ytd) on April 24 2023. We believe that the decrease could come from the following reasons: (1) Investor sentiment was cautious due to 1Q23 disappointing earnings results, (2) Vietnam’s PMI fell to 47.7pts…

VN-INDEX closed at 1,052.3 pts (+2.7% mtd, +4.5% ytd) in Mar-23. We believe that the increase could come from the following reasons: (1) FED has delivered a less hawkish message on monetary policy amid global banking turmoil, (2) SBV cut…

We estimate EIB might be excluded in this Apr review since its foreign ownership ratio does not match with requirements. Based on our estimate, TCB, GMD and MBB might be among top buy, while ACB and PNJ are likely in…

The Government released Resolution No.33 on 11 Mar 2023 to reduce liquidity shortages for the property sector in the near term. Following up, the SBV issued two Decisions No. 313 and 314 adjusting down key policy rates. We believe the…

Together with the capital raising of Fubon ETF and the change in Vietnam portion of V.N.M ETF, we expect foreign inflows of c.VND6,100bn in the next couple of weeks. Based on our estimate, HPG, VCB, VNM might be among top…

VN-INDEX closed at 1,054.28 pts (-5.1% mtd, +4.7% ytd) in Feb-23. We believe that the correction of the market can come from the following reasons (1) Rising concerns about the extension of Fed rate hike following the US inflation was…