Ho Chi Minh City, March 1, 2026, 16:19 ICT — The session has ended.
- HoSE will resume trading on Monday, following a settlement hiccup—some T+2 deliveries were held up late last week due to KRX system maintenance.
- The VN-Index closed just shy of 1,880 on Friday, lifted by gains in energy and tech stocks; large caps, though, mostly sat out the rally after the Tet holiday.
- Monday’s manufacturing PMI is first up for traders, followed by a cluster of February macro numbers later in the week.
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange starts the week facing renewed back-office headaches after the securities depository reported a delay in allocating certain securities set for settlement. The holdup followed scheduled IT maintenance performed by the KRX contractor, according to the .
The issue disrupted the T+2 settlement — that’s “trade date plus two business days” — causing a temporary holdup for certain government bonds and equities, brokerage notifications and updates from the depository show. The Investor
The Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation managed to finish the delayed settlements later Friday, with brokers telling state media that trading rights came back online around 2:30 p.m.
The VN-Index scraped out a gain on Friday, finishing up just 0.69 point, or 0.04%, at 1,880.33, after tumbling more than 16 points in the early afternoon. Trading value slipped roughly 5%, landing above 30 trillion dong ($1.2 billion). The VN30, tracking HoSE’s largest 30 stocks, dropped 0.39% to 2,061.75.
Oil and gas, tech, and utilities stocks lifted the market, according to VNDIRECT, but insurance and F&B names pulled in the opposite direction. Top index contributors: VIC, BSR, GAS. On the foreign side, net buying reached roughly 190.6 billion dong, with FPT, GMD and MWG attracting the bulk.
Nhi Nguyen at Shinhan Securities said the VN-Index is running up against resistance near 1,900. Friday’s session, she wrote, “looked like a technical shake-out,” with steady cash flow colliding with profit-taking. Nguyen also highlighted fertilizer stocks getting a lift from pricier urea, and noted energy shares did their part to prop up the index.
This week’s data releases kick off with S&P Global’s manufacturing PMI on Monday. Later on, investors will parse February trade, inflation, industrial output, retail sales, and foreign direct investment figures, according to Trading Economics.
Vingroup is looking to bring in as much as $350 million through an international bond offering, giving buyers the right to swap the bonds for shares in Vinpearl, its hospitality unit—a structure the company last tapped in a deal set for late 2025. According to Vingroup, the sale is planned for the second quarter, pending approvals and depending on how markets shape up.
Traders are eyeing whether the post-holiday gains have more room, provided there’s no fresh disruption under the surface. A second settlement delay would be trouble, especially with the index hovering at a critical threshold.
The rally’s breadth has thinned on occasion, with large caps flashing signs of fatigue. If the index stalls near 1,900 again, or if settlement glitches resurface—or weaker February figures come in—banks and consumer names could easily slide back into the red.
Foreign flows remain a key factor. Some stability comes from net buying, especially as locals move to lock in gains, but that support tends to vanish fast once volatility picks up.
