Bánh Mì Brief

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1 ▸ VN-Index slides toward 1,700 on thin trade

The VN-Index fell 21.23 points (-1.23%) to 1,704.13 at the midday break on 9 November, with 193 decliners against 112 gainers. Morning volume dropped 42.3% to about 259.7m shares worth VND5.31tn. MBS analyst Nguyen Tien Dung put support at 1,720-1,730 and warned a break could bring a retest of 1,680-1,700.

→ Tin nhanh Chung khoan · 9 Nov

2 ▸ State Bank runs $2B dollar swap

The State Bank is offering a 182-day USD/VND swap of up to $2B with a value date of 9 November, VOH reported. The central rate held at VND25,615 per dollar, while SJC gold bars stayed at VND138m-141m per tael. Foreign investors net bought about VND378bn on HoSE on 6 November, ending ten sessions of net selling.

→ VOH · 9 Nov

3 ▸ Japan trade up 15% as To Lam lands in Tokyo

To Lam arrived in Tokyo on 8 November for a four-day official visit that includes a speech at a Vietnam-Japan public-private forum and a visit to a high-tech company. Bilateral trade reached about $44B in the first nine months, up some 15%, and Hoa Phat shipped about 8,000 tonnes of galvanised steel coils to Japan in Q4.

→ VietnamPlus · 8 Nov

→ Sources differ: VnExpress puts nine-month trade at $43.7B · VnExpress International · 8 Nov

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