Over 194,000 new accounts opened in April, 10 million accounts milestone near

By the end of April 2025, the Vietnamese stock market had more than 9.88 million securities trading accounts. Domestic individual investors opened a net 193,948 accounts in the past month alone. This is also the highest level in the past 8 months.

According to information from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC), the number of newly opened securities accounts, the difference between newly opened and closed accounts, reached 194,023 accounts in April 2025, the highest in the past 8 months.

Of which, domestic individual investors opened a net of 193,948 accounts, also the highest level in the past 8 months. Domestic organizations opened a net of 101 new securities accounts in April, lower than the level of 188 accounts in March 2025. In total, domestic investors opened 194,049 new accounts in April 2025, bringing the total number of domestic investor accounts to nearly 9.83 million securities accounts. In the first 4 months of the year, domestic investors opened 581,659 new securities accounts, higher than the level of 512,726 accounts in the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the foreign investor group closed 26 net securities accounts in April 2025 with the number of newly opened accounts being less than the number of closed accounts. Of which, mainly due to foreign individuals net closing 52 accounts. This is also the highest level of net securities account closure by foreign individuals since January 2016. In contrast, foreign organizations still opened a net of 26 securities accounts.

In total, the Vietnamese stock market has more than 9.88 million securities trading accounts. Newly opened accounts continue to increase strongly, despite the context of the Vietnamese stock market experiencing unstable developments in April 2025.

Last April, the VN-Index decreased by 6.16% last month, closing at 1,226.3 points. The average trading volume of stocks reached more than 1 billion shares/day, with an average trading value of more than VND 23,309 billion/day, up 14.41% in volume and 12.03% in value compared to March 2025.

The HNX-Index closed at 211.94 points, down 9.83% from the previous month. However, market liquidity increased sharply with an average trading volume of 89.4 million shares/session, up 37.5% from the previous month, while the average trading value in April 2025 also increased by 17.7% to VND 1,350 billion/session. The UPCoM-Index closed the last trading session of the month at 92.42 points, down 5.74% from the end of the previous month.

Foreign investors net sold more than VND13,400 billion on HoSE, thereby recording the highest net selling level since the beginning of the year. In the first 4 months of the year, foreign investors net sold nearly VND39,300 billion.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/hon-194000-tai-khoan-mo-moi-trong-thang-4-moc-10-trieu-tai-khoan-gan-ke-d281246.html