MSCI has released its 2024 Global Market Accessibility Review in which Vietnam’s stock market conditions for foreign inventors have improved slightly. Specifically, it “had an improvement in its rating for the Transferability criterion on the back of increased uptake for off-exchange and in-kind transactions following regulation changes.”
Of the 18 criteria listed, on six Vietnam had no issues, on four it had no major problems but could use some improvement, but for the remaining eight it was marked as needing improvement.
Vietnam has been actively courting an upgrade to its market classification from FTSE Russell and MSCI. Though it still looks to be some ways away this latest report from MSCI does suggest it is moving in the right direction.
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