Vietnam's corporate bond market continues to navigate significant challenges despite a surge in issuances in 2024. A recent report by the Vietnam Investors Service and Credit Rating Agency (VIS Rating) reveals a mixed outlook, with growing debt burdens and repayment risks posing substantial threats to the financial ecosystem.

Experts are urging Vietnamese firms to quickly prepare for the global shift towards net zero emissions in order to remain competitive.

At the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Annual Meetings 2022 held in Morocco on Monday (18 October 2022), the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) signed the IOSCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee’s (APRC) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Supervisory Cooperation (Supervisory MMoU).

According to MIDF Research, international investors continued to be the equity net sellers for the sixth consecutive week on the country’s burse as they evacuated RM479.7 million last week compared to RM336.9 million in the previous week.