FTSE Vietnam Index removes FRT and VTP, adds 3 more bluechips

FTSE Vietnam Index added 3 large stocks this period, including BID, FPT and STB.

FTSE Russell has just announced the list of component stocks in the third quarter review of 2025 of the two index baskets FTSE Vietnam Index and FTSE Vietnam All-Share with some significant changes.  

Accordingly, the FTSE Vietnam Index has removed two stock codes: FRT ofFPT Digital Retail JSC and VTP of Viettel Post Corporation.

Instead, 3 large stocks were added, namely BID (Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development), FPT (FPT Corporation) and STB (Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank).

Changes in the composition of the FTSE Vietnam Index.

Along with that, BID was also added to the FTSE Vietnam All-Share Index basket this period along with HAG shares of Hoang Anh Gia Lai .

On the contrary, three stock codes including NAB (Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank), PVT (Petroleum Transport Corporation) and SBT (Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company) were simultaneously removed from the index.

Changes in the composition of the FTSE Vietnam All-Share Index.

The highlight of this period comes from the FTSE Vietnam ETF. According to DWS Asset Management, FTSE Vietnam ETF will change its name from Xtrackers FTSE Vietnam Swap UCITS ETF to Xtrackers Vietnam Swap UCITS ETF.

Along with that, this investment fund with total assets of 352 million USD will change the underlying reference index from FTSE Vietnam to STOXX Vietnam Total Market Liquid. This is a stock index designed to measure the performance of highly liquid stocks in the Vietnamese stock market. This index is developed and managed by STOXX Ltd.

According to the DWS announcement, this change is intended to improve liquidity compared to the previous index, the transition period, starting from July 17, 2025 to October 16, 2025.

During the transition period, the fund's portfolio may be partially transferred with swaps on both the current index and the new index.

In the near future, on September 12, 2025, MarketVector Vietnam Local Index (VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF reference) will announce a new index portfolio. September 19, 2025 is expected to be the date to complete the restructuring of the entire portfolio of the reference ETF according to this index set.

According to BSC's forecast, this index will add new FPT shares. Recently, this stock code was also included by MSCI in the MSCI Frontier Markets Indexes in the August 2025 review.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/ftse-vietnam-index-loai-frt-va-vtp-bo-sung-them-3-bluechips-d380337.html