77 Foreigners Sign up to Trade Vietnam Shares in Oct
Vietnam’s Securities Depository Center said on its website that it licensed 77 new foreign investors in October, including 28 institutions and 49 individuals to trade local shares.
The new traders during the month increased the total number of foreign investors in Vietnam to 13,392, including 1,116 institutions and 12,276 individuals as of Oct. 31, the center said.
The number of foreigners asking to trade local stocks increase stably in 2009, with 70 trading accounts opened monthly, local media reported.
The value of foreign holdings was not released, however.
Overseas players were net buyers of VND371.53 billion in Oct. and total VND1.269 trillion in the first nine months of this year. (www.vsd.org.vn, CafeF)
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