In line with not-overly-optimistic forecasts regarding foreign transactions on Vietnam’s stock market in 2022, foreign investors continued to strongly net sell in January, to the tune of 218 million shares worth VND3.4 trillion ($150.19 million). Foreign investors net sold more than VND60 trillion ($2.65 billion) in 2021 as a whole, after starting to net sell in 2020 when Covid-19 broke out.

The proportion of foreign transactions in Vietnam’s stock market has continually fallen sharply and currently stands at just 6 per cent of liquidity, while in late 2017 and early 2018 it was 20 per cent. Total net selling by foreign investors in 2021 was VND62.6 trillion ($2.7 billion).