Big4 Hit the 85% LDR Cap: Three Rate Scenarios Ahead
Over VND 490,000 billion in Treasury deposits were excluded from the LDR denominator at the start of 2026, pushing all four state-owned banks to the 85% ceiling simultaneously. The week of May 11-15 will determine which of three policy branches the SBV follows, and each leads to a different savings rate trajectory.
VN-Index at Record 1,915: Why Liquidity Dropped 20%
VN-Index hit an all-time high of 1,915.37 points and trading accounts surpassed 12.9 million, yet HOSE daily turnover fell 20.69% in April. Three structural mechanisms explain this paradox.
Gundlach: 40% Defensive Exposure at S&P 500 Peak
As U.S. equities completed six straight weeks of gains, Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital is holding 40% of his portfolio in defensive assets. The three arguments behind that call, and what it means for Vietnamese investors.
Pyn Elite Raised HPG to 13.7%, Then Flew to Dung Quat to Verify
Finnish fund Pyn Elite Fund added roughly 46 million HPG shares in April, lifting its allocation to the second-largest position in the portfolio. Then the delegation flew straight to the steel plant to ask the questions a financial report cannot answer.
Three Structural Pressures Behind Vietnam's Brokers' VND 100T Capital Race
Vietnam's securities firms are collectively raising VND 100,000 billion in 2026, the largest capital push in the industry's history. Three structural constraints converged to make it necessary.
Ninh Thuan Nuclear: The Three Structural Shifts That Changed Everything
After a decade on hold, Vietnam's nuclear restart at Ninh Thuan is backed by three structural changes: a real power deficit, net-zero constraints, and lower long-term capital costs. Power sector stocks have diverged sharply; investors must distinguish between priced-in expectations and genuine upcoming catalysts.
KOSPI +13.6%, Shanghai +1.8%: The Index Composition Lesson
In the same week, three Asian indices diverged by nearly eightfold. Not because of sentiment or hot capital flows, but because the composition inside each benchmark is completely different.
FLC Returns: Big Groundbreaking, Open Legal Questions
Four years after his arrest, Trinh Van Quyet broke ground on a 517-hectare resort in the Central Highlands while still serving a 7-year sentence. The legal questions surrounding FLC's comeback have no clean answers yet.
HPG and DHG Ex-Dividend on 11/5: Buying Early Doesn't Mean Extra Profit
On May 11, HPG pays a 5% cash dividend plus 10% bonus shares, while DHG pays 50% cash. Many new investors think buying before the record date earns them extra. This is why the price mechanism works quite differently.
VN-Index 1,915 pts, Foreign Sellers for 12 Sessions: A Healthy Divergence
VN-Index closed at an all-time high of 1,915.37 points while declining stocks outnumbered advances in three of four sessions and foreigners sold for 12 consecutive sessions. This is a healthy, catalyst-driven divergence, not a distribution top.
Q1/2026 Earnings: 38% Aggregate, Deep Divergence by Sector
803 listed companies reported an average 38.2% net profit growth in Q1/2026, but most gains came from a handful of cyclical sectors benefiting from a low-base effect. VNMID rose 82.6% while VN30 managed just 27.4%. That gap tells the real story.
Credit Outpaces Deposits, CPI at 5.46%: Three Interest Rate Scenarios
Credit growth hit 4.42% while VND deposit growth lagged by nearly 2 percentage points, and April CPI breached the full-year 4.5% target. The SBV faces mounting dual pressure as three distinct interest rate scenarios come into focus.