Ho Chi Minh City, Feb 21, 2026, 15:55 ICT — The session wrapped up, with the market now closed.
- The VN-Index in Vietnam finished up 0.55% at 1,824.09 before the Tet break.
- Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange resumes Monday, Feb. 23.
- Brokers point to a rough comeback, watching foreign flows and leadership from the big caps.
Vietnam’s VN-Index opens again Monday, coming off a pre-holiday finish up 0.55% at 1,824.09, the last close before the Lunar New Year. That final week saw a 3.9% jump, breaking a three-week streak of losses.
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange stayed closed for Lunar New Year between Feb. 16 and Feb. 20, with the weekend extending the break. Markets are set to reopen on Feb. 23. Settlement schedules have been delayed as a result.
Kafi Securities sees the first week after the break shaping up as more of a slog than a dash, projecting the VN-Index to probe the 1,850–1,860 range while eyeing crucial support near 1,790 — right around that 50-day moving average traders watch for trend signals. The firm notes a typical pre-Tet liquidity dip, and spots net foreign buying topping 3.1 trillion dong for the week, with MBB attracting the bulk of those inflows.
The index lurched in early trade during the last session before the holiday, but clawed back losses as energy and bank stocks lent support into the close. Trading volume came in at about 608.5 million shares, with a value close to 20.1 trillion dong, based on exchange figures. Foreign investors finished up as net buyers on HoSE by close to 196 billion dong, despite pressure from BIDV, FPT, Novaland and Bao Viet.
Vietnam’s reopening could see delayed impacts from moves abroad. On Friday, U.S. stocks closed in the green as the Supreme Court tossed out sweeping tariff rules. Treasury yields didn’t budge much. That mix may influence how Asian markets price risk when local desks are back.
Lương Thị Mỹ Hạnh, asset-management director at Dragon Capital Vietnam, urged investors to ignore the initial volatility after the holiday and keep their standards high. “Risk isn’t in short-term market moves, but in buying weak companies with poor governance,” she wrote. Tin nhanh chứng khoán
A clean reopen isn’t guaranteed. Should global sentiment deteriorate in the coming days, or overseas investors resume selling, the retail-driven Vietnamese market could gap down—putting the VN-Index right back on the 1,800 level.
On Monday, attention goes straight to the open—will foreign buying still have legs after the break? And can the VN-Index hold that 1,800 line, maybe push into the 1,850 area, without the big caps losing steam?
