As of the end of October, the number of individual securities accounts in Vietnam reached 8.96 million, equivalent to about 8.9% of the total population.
HANOI – The number of individual domestic accounts increased by 156,568 in October this year, similar to the increase in September, showing a continued stable growth, according to data from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC).
In comparison, in October last year, VSDC had reduced its account count by around 378,000 due to a cleanup of inactive accounts.
In the first 10 months of this year, the number of domestic personal accounts increased by a total of 1.73 million, with an average of about 173,000 new accounts added each month.
As of the end of October, the number of securities trading accounts held by Vietnamese individuals reached 8.96 million, accounting for about 8.9% of the total population.
Meanwhile, the number of accounts of domestic institutional investors increased by 121 in October, up from 90 in September. From January to October, domestic institutional investors added a total of 1,257 accounts.
For foreign investors, 230 new accounts were added in October, up from 202 in September. This included 202 new foreign individual investor accounts and 28 foreign institutional accounts.
Currently, the total number of foreign investor accounts in Vietnam is 47,436, reflecting the increasing diversification and participation of international investors in the Vietnamese stock market.
A total of 156,919 new accounts were added last month, which, although slightly lower than September’s level, brought the total number of accounts in Vietnam’s securities market to 9.02 million as of the end of October.
