Vietnam cleared for FTSE market upgrade in September

HANOI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam remains on course for its elevation from frontier to secondary emerging market status by FTSE Russell, a British stock index provider, with implementation set for Sept. 21, local media VnEconomy reported Wednesday, citing an announcement from the State Securities Commission of Vietnam.

This comes as the index provider released its March 2026 equity country classification interi