The Vietnamese stock market experienced a fairly positive first session of the week (June 22). Thanks to the pulling force from the Vingroup stock group, VN-Index jumped sharply by 33 points, equivalent to an increase of 1.8% to the 1.858 point range. However, in terms of breadth, the number of declining stocks became overwhelming. The matched order value on HOSE continued to falter, reaching only about 14,600 billion VND.
Regarding foreign investors' transactions, the group of foreign investors continued to net sell about 220 billion VND across the market. In which, on the HOSE exchange alone, foreign investors net sold 176 billion VND.
Last week, foreign investors traded quite actively and continued to net sell thousands of billions of VND, of which the large pair VHM and FPT alone were net sold by around 1,500 billion VND each.
The fact that foreign investors continuously net sells makes many investors worried that the market lacks momentum, in the context that domestic cash flow has somewhat weakened recently. Previously, experts and investors continuously expected foreign cash flow to return soon in recent years with the support being the story of market upgrades, but the reality is completely opposite.
According to statistics, foreign investors began to establish a cumulative net selling chain on HOSE from March 2024 and has lasted until now. Notably, the scale of net selling is increasing. In 2025, it was more than 111 trillion VND. And it is estimated that this group has net sold about 75,000 billion VND (equivalent to 2.9 billion USD) from the beginning of the year to date.
In which, foreign investors withdrew the most capital from banks, real estate and technology because these are industries facing fluctuations in the internal business environment. In the banking and real estate groups, there is a bottleneck in monetary policy and the high interest rate environment, while in the technology group, there is an issue related to AI.
There is a view that upgrades are only a starting point but not a magic wand to help foreign capital return immediately. The story of upgrades can only have sustainable effects if it is accompanied by improved market governance, liquidity, transparency and quality of listed companies.
However, the current net selling status does not mean that the door to foreign capital is gradually closing. The Vietnamese stock market has the right to expect upgrades to help the market increase recognition, but opportunities from foreign investors may come not only through ETF capital but also from FDI capital, long-term active funds and investors looking for businesses with good management capacity.
In that context, domestic cash flow is still assessed as being strong enough to support the market in reasonable pricing areas in the short term.
Regarding the recent weakening liquidity, experts believe that this development should not be understood as investors leaving the market, but mainly reflects a cautious mentality to wait for a sufficiently attractive pricing zone and the reversal of cash flow trends. In the long term, the market needs new catalysts.
