Vietnam Daily Market Recap Oct 13

Stocks surge as post-upgrade momentum continues, led by Vin tickers

The VN-Index opened lower on Monday but traded in positive territory throughout the session, closing up 1% at 1,765.1, a new all-time high, with most of the gain attributed to Vingroup-related tickers, including VIC (+7.0%), VRE (+6.6%), which also jumped on Friday. Market liquidity increased, with total trading value increasing 31.3% DoD to VND44.5tn (USD1.7bn). Meanwhile, the HNX Index also opened lower but traded in positive territory throughout the session, closing up  0.6% to close at 275.4.

Sectors were mixed today, led by Media (+3.9%), Real Estate (+3.8%) and Travel & Leisure (+1.9%), while Insurance (-2.2%), Technology (-1.9%) and Automobile & Parts (-1.3%) declined.

The VN30 Index surpassed the 2,000-point mark for the first time, closing at 2,012 points, driven by large-cap stocks such as VIC, TCB, VJC, HDB, and VRE. The rally followed FTSE Russell’s upgrade of Vietnam to “Secondary Emerging Market,” according to J.P. Morgan, could attract about USD1.3bn in passive inflows. The bank forecasts the VN-Index could reach 2,000–2,200 points within 12 months, supported by strong GDP growth (+8.2% in 3Q25) and corporate earnings expansion.

Top performers today included VIC (+7.0%), TCB (+5.0%) and VRE (+6.6%). Top laggards included VCB (-1.7%), HPG (-2.0%) and FPT (-2.2%).

Foreign investors net sold today with a total value of VND1.2tn (USD45.6mn), focusing on HPG (VND365.3bn, USD13.9mn), VRE (VND356.8bn, USD13.5mn) and VHM (VND353.7bn, USD13.4mn), while buying focus was on VIC (VND273.1bn, USD10.4mn), SHB (VND170.8bn, USD6.5mn) and CEO (VND139.8bn, USD5.3mn).

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