VIETNAM: HNX Announces Derivatives Market Turns into an Effective Investment Channel and Hedging Tool

Wednesday August 24 2022

On 9^th August 2022, the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) announced that in order to implement the Project on Establishment and Development of the Vietnam Derivatives market approved by the Prime Minister under Decision No. 366/QD-TTG on 11/3/20214 under the direction of the State Securities Commission, the Hanoi Stock Exchange and Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) and related units prepared the necessary conditions to put the derivatives market into operation, with the product development roadmap, gradually diversify the trading products, in line with the development of the financial market, and to meet the investment demands and risk management of investors and institutional issuers.

After 5 years of operation, the derivatives market gradually asserts its role as an effective investment channel and the hedging tool for investors and become an attractive investment channel to attract investors in the context of the volatile underlying market.

The interest of the investment public is the basis for carrying out the next derivatives securities products such as stock index options, futures contracts, and options on the stock market, gradually diversifying products on the market. The Hanoi Stock Exchange will keep on researching new products in line with the roadmap approved by the regulatory authorities.

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