Investors rush to open securities accounts in July 2025

According to data from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation, in July, domestic investors opened 226,153 new accounts, a record high in the past 11 months. Of these, the majority were individual investors with 225,989 new accounts.

Cumulatively, in the first 7 months of 2025, the stock market had nearly 1.2 million additional accounts.

By the end of July 2025, Vietnam had nearly 10.5 million securities accounts, mainly of individual investors (more than 10.428 million accounts).

Investors rushed to open accounts when the domestic stock market performed positively. In July, the VN-Index increased by more than 126 points (over 9%), maintaining the 1,500-point mark. Notably, on July 28, the 25th anniversary of the Vietnamese stock market, the market broke out strongly, reaching a new peak of 1,557.42 points.

Trading on the market was vibrant last month with the average matched order value on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange reaching nearly VND33,000 billion per session.

In the first days of August, the market continued to perform positively. On August 6, the VN-Index closed at a new peak of 1,573.71 points. Previously, in the session on August 5, the VN-Index reached a record high of 1,584.98 points, but by the end of the session, the increase slowed down, stopping at 1,547.15 points.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/nha-dau-tu-o-at-mo-tai-khoan-chung-khoan-trong-thang-7-2025-711716.html