Number of new securities accounts opened in Vietnam skyrockets as VN-Index surpasses historic peak

In July, the Vietnamese stock market recorded an increase of more than 226,000 new domestic individual accounts, the highest in 11 months, since September 2024. In the first 7 months of the year, Vietnam had nearly 10.5 million securities accounts, an increase of 1.2 million units compared to the beginning of the year.

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Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) said that as of July 31, 2025, the number of domestic trading accounts was 10,447,486 accounts.

Of which, the number of trading accounts of individual investors is 10,428,983 accounts.

The number of institutional investor trading accounts was 18,503, an increase of 164 units, a slight decrease compared to the increase of 166 accounts in June.

Thus, the number of domestic investor accounts increased by 226,153 accounts in July 2025, the highest in 11 months, since September last year. New accounts opened in July mainly came from individual investors, while institutions only increased by 164 accounts.

In addition, the number of foreign investor trading accounts was 48,781 accounts, of which: 44,103 accounts were of individual investors and the number of institutional investor trading accounts was 4,678 accounts, an increase of 179 and 9 accounts respectively compared to the previous month.

Accumulated in 7 months, Vietnam has nearly 10.5 million securities accounts, an increase of 1.2 million units compared to the beginning of the year.

The number of newly opened accounts has increased continuously since the beginning of the year and increased sharply in July in the context of Vietnamese stocks continuing to break out, setting a new historical peak on the 25th anniversary of its establishment (July 28, 2000 - July 28, 2025). As of July 31, the VN-Index increased by more than 126 points (+9.16%), staying above the 1,500 mark, the average matched value on HoSE reached nearly VND 33,000 billion/session.

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Source: https://nhandan.vn/so-luong-tai-khoan-chung-khoan-mo-moi-tai-viet-nam-tang-vot-khi-vn-index-vuot-dinh-lich-su-post899078.html