The Vietnam Stock market was officially born on July 18, 2000, and considered in the sense that it would likely accept adjustment and constraints to reflect the contemporaneous national economic settings. Until now, for 10 years, it is true that Vietn...
The Vietnam Stock market was officially born on July 18, 2000, and considered in the sense that it would likely accept adjustment and constraints to reflect the contemporaneous national economic settings. Until now, for 10 years, it is true that Vietnam stock market and economy condition have experienced the rapid growth. This paper is one of several applied econometric studies investigating an evidence of the relationship between macroeconomic variables and stock price (or stock index)in Vietnam market. Especially, using empirical method of VECM, we investigate the relationship between stock price and the macroeconomic variables in Vietnam Market. We use the Vietnam stock index to represent the stock market price and three macroeconomic variables including (a) interest rate, (b) exchange rate, and (c) the consumer price index (as a measure of inflation). The sample period is from July, 2000(since Vietnam stock market started up) to August, 2010. We use monthly data for the variables for the sample period. By employing Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), the result shows that selected macroeconomic variables and the Vietnam’s stock price has a long run relationship. Interest rate and inflation has a negative and significant influence on the stock price. The exchange rates demonstrate weak positive influence on stock price.