Stocks continuously "dyed purple", billionaire Vuong recorded record assets

At the end of the trading session on May 21, VN-Index recorded an increase of 7.9 points, equivalent to 0.6%, to 1,323 points. VN30-Index also increased sharply by 11.84 points; HNX-Index decreased slightly by 0.24 points; UPCoM-Index increased by 0.14 points.

The duo VHM and VIC continue to be among the stocks that positively affect the index. Besides that are STB, GEX, NVL, VPB, MSN...

Notably, VHM shares of Vinhomes increased to the ceiling price of 67,300 VND/share with nearly 15,000 units traded. Buyers had more than 900,600 units waiting at the ceiling price but there were no sellers.

Previously, VPL shares were officially listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) on May 13 with a reference price of VND71,300/share, equivalent to a charter capital of nearly VND18,000 billion. Immediately after listing, VPL shares had 3 sessions of ceiling price increase and are currently trading around VND98,000/share.

Currently, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's Vingroup Corporation is the largest shareholder at Vinpearl and owns 1.5 billion VPL shares, equivalent to 85.5% of charter capital.

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets increased sharply to a record of 10.3 billion USD (Photo: Forbes).

The impressive rise in stocks has helped push billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets to a record high. According to Forbes, as of the afternoon of May 21, his assets had increased by 642 million USD, reaching a record high of 10.3 billion USD, thereby rising to 272nd place in the list of the world's richest people.

In the whole market, the total value of matched transactions reached more than 23,200 billion VND. The board had a clear differentiation with 125 codes increasing in price, of which 12 codes increased to the ceiling price; 46 codes remained at the reference price; 181 codes decreased in price and 2 codes decreased to the floor price.

Foreign investors increased their net buying today. STB was the stock that foreign investors bought the most with a value of more than 355 billion VND, followed by VHM, VCG, VND... On the contrary, foreign investors sold strongly stocks such as FPT , VIC, VRE, VCB...

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/co-phieu-lien-tiep-nhuom-tim-ty-phu-vuong-ghi-nhan-khoi-tai-san-ky-luc-20250521155829689.htm