Stock market in 2025 grows strongly, setting many important milestones
Speaking at the closing bell ceremony of the first stock trading session of the year organized by the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on January 5, 2026, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang emphasized that 2026 is of special significance as it marks the beginning of a new development cycle of the economy and a new era of development for the country.
The bell-raising ceremony to open the first stock trading session of the year not only has the meaning of starting a new trading year, but is also a message showing the determination of the Vietnamese stock market in accompanying the goal of rapid and sustainable growth.
The Minister said that the Vietnamese stock market in 2025 maintained stable, safe, and transparent operations, with high liquidity. The VN-Index continuously set new peaks, as of the beginning of December increasing by nearly 38% compared to the end of last year. The average trading value reached over 29,000 billion VND per session, an increase of more than 40% compared to 2024. The market capitalization of stocks increased by about 35%, while the number of investor accounts exceeded 11.6 million accounts, soon completing the goal of the Strategy for Stock Market Development to 2030.
Minister Nguyen Van Thang especially emphasized the commissioning of the new KRX information technology system, along with the market ranking organization when FTSE Russell officially announced the upgrade of the Vietnamese stock market from near-border to secondary emerging market. These are considered important factors promoting the positive development of the market in the past year.
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Building a safe, transparent operating market, adapting to the new market model
Stepping into 2026, Minister Nguyen Van Thang said that the Vietnamese economy is expected to continue to maintain a positive recovery momentum thanks to internal drivers such as public investment disbursement, FDI capital into high-tech, semiconductor, artificial intelligence and renewable energy sectors, along with institutional reform, digital transformation and greening. However, risks from the world economy are still present, requiring the securities industry to be proactive, flexible and innovate more strongly.
Accordingly, the Minister requested to focus on completing the legal framework to develop a stable, safe, and efficient market, taking advantage of the advantages when the market is upgraded; drastically implement the Market Upgrade Project to fully meet the criteria, towards the official upgrade milestone in September 2026.
Promote digital transformation, modernize transaction and payment infrastructure; develop a variety of bond products, derivatives, fund certificates and green financial instruments; and at the same time strengthen inspection and examination, strictly handle acts of manipulation and fraud to maintain market discipline.
Speaking in response, Chairman of the State Securities Commission Vu Thi Chan Phuong affirmed that 2025 marks an important step in the market's growth in terms of scale, quality and operating capacity, in which the KRX system operating safely and smoothly and the FTSE Russell market upgrade event are milestones of special significance.
2026 is also the year the securities industry celebrates its 30th anniversary of formation and development.
The Chairman of the SSC emphasized that the goal is not only to maintain growth momentum but also to build a safe, transparent, stable operating market with high resilience and adaptability to the new market model in the context of deep integration.
The SSC is committed to organizing the serious implementation of the directions of the Minister of Finance, focusing on improving the quality and depth of the market.
Accordingly, the management agency will continue to improve the legal framework, maintain and improve the quality of upgrade criteria, modernize technology infrastructure on the KRX system platform, deploy a central compensation partner mechanism, and at the same time develop and supervise new markets such as carbon trading markets, encrypted assets and markets for innovative startups.
In addition, there are solutions to diversify investor base, develop the investment fund industry, promote IPOs associated with listing and effectively mobilize medium and long-term capital for priority sectors of the economy.
The leader of the SSC expressed confidence that, with the direction of the Ministry of Finance, the coordination of ministries, sectors, localities and the companionship of the business community, investors, the Vietnamese stock market in 2026 will continue to develop stably and sustainably, affirming its role as an important medium and long-term capital mobilization channel, contributing increasingly greatly to the development of the economy.
