Vietnam Asset Management’s monthly Vietnam market outlook update

The headline in January was the weeklong 11th Party Congress starting from 12 January in Hanoi, which determined the country’s new leadership for the next fiveyears. Nguyen Phu Trong, current Chairman of the National Assembly, was appointed as the new General Secretary of the Party. Current Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung was reappointed to the 14-member governing Poliburo paving the way for his second term as the country’s Prime Minister that will be officially reelected during the National Assembly in May.