Vietnam's securities market reaches 11 million accounts, 5 years earlier than target

(Dan Tri) - By September 2025, the number of domestic securities accounts will exceed 11 million, completing the Government's target for 2030, right before FTSE announces its classification.

According to data from the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD), the number of domestic investor accounts increased by nearly 290,000 accounts in September 2025. This is the fourth consecutive month of increase, and the strongest increase in the past year.

The majority of new account openings came from individual investors, while institutions added only 105 accounts.

Since the beginning of the year, the number of domestic investors' securities accounts has increased by 1.74 million accounts. By the end of September 2025, individual investors had a total of nearly 11 million accounts, equivalent to about 11% of the population.

Thus, the target of reaching 11 million accounts by 2030 according to the Stock Market Development Strategy approved by the Government at the end of 2023 has been completed early.

This milestone was achieved right before a historic moment for Vietnamese stocks, when FTSE Russell announced the results of market classification.

Ahead of the announcement of the upgrade results, Vietnam has exceeded the target of 11 million securities accounts five years ahead of schedule (Photo: DT).

It is expected that in the early morning of October 8, Vietnam time (after the US stock market closes on October 7), FTSE Russell will announce the FTSE Stock Country Classification Report for September 2025.

Vietnam is currently on the watch list and is assessed by FTSE as having a high probability of being reclassified from Frontier market to Secondary Emerging market.

Many domestic securities companies have predicted that Vietnam may be approved for an upgrade by FTSE Russell. It is estimated that about 30 Vietnamese stocks will be added to the portfolios of index funds, which is estimated to attract at least 1 billion USD from global index funds.

Sharing with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Truong Hien Phuong, Senior Director of KIS Vietnam Securities Company, said that if upgraded, many large funds will come to Vietnam.

Mr. Phuong predicts that investment funds worth tens or hundreds of millions of dollars will no longer be limited to the current investment funds, many funds with a scale of up to billions of dollars will invest in the Vietnamese stock market. This is an opportunity that any business, especially large businesses, want to grasp when listing their shares on the stock exchange.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/chung-khoan-viet-nam-dat-11-trieu-tai-khoan-som-hon-5-nam-so-voi-muc-tieu-20251007185220288.htm