At the end of 2024 foreign investors held just VND 323.53 trillion or US$12.65 billion worth of Vietnamese securities, the General Director of Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation said Monday. This is just 7.35 percent of the securities registered with the corporation which includes everything from bonds to stocks to government debt.
Of note, said US$12.65 billion is actually US$403.4 million more than said stocks were worth at the end of 2023. This is despite foreign traders net-selling US$3.53 billion worth of stocks in 2024, which, based on these numbers, would have been about a quarter of their holdings.
Notably, since the start of January this year, foreign investors have shed a further US$523.3 million worth of stocks.
See also: The Vietnam Stock Exchange