Bình luận bài “Vietnam's Economy Is an Emerging Market Standout” trên Bloomberg

by Michael19/06/2016 09:40

Những bài báo thế này giống những cổ động viên, những đội cổ động cho các giải bóng đá của trường, của phường, thị trấn.

Bài báo nêu ra những điểm thú vị đầy màu hồng của một nền kinh tế, mà ở đó, những số liệu kinh tế không phản ánh hết guồng máy kinh tế.

Thực tế có sự sôi động mạnh mẽ của giới trẻ trong phong trào Start up. Từ khi cuốn sách Start-Up Nation được dịch sang tiếng Việt, và được nhiều đàn anh tiến bộ giới thiệu đọc, lớp trẻ Việt Nam như được truyền lửa. Trong thế giới phẳng lỳ của công nghệ thông tin, start up trở thành một nam châm hút mọi ánh nhìn.

Phong trào đó tạo nên sự kỳ vọng ghê gớm về sự thay đổi vận mệnh nước Việt. Tuy vậy, tất cả vẫn còn ở thị tương lai. Phong trào sôi động, truyền thông đưa tin, hội thảo mọi lúc mọi nơi nó chỉ cho thấy đây là ngành đang lên, và được nhiều người quan tâm. Nếu hỏi bong bóng tiếp theo sẽ là gì, có lẽ sẽ là “bong bóng startup”.

Quay lại bài viết, nền kinh tế Việt Nam rõ ràng có sự cải thiện mạnh mẽ trong những năm gần đây, ít ra là qua các con số. GDP chính thức tạo đáy vào quý 1/2012, với tốc độ tăng trưởng GDP chỉ là 4.75%, đến quý 1/2016, con số này lên 6.68%. Kèm với đó, là sự cải thiện của chỉ số sản xuất công nghiệp, doanh số bán lẻ, của niềm tin tiêu dùng. Tuy vậy, số liệu thống kê tổng kia bao gồm sự méo mó trong đó.

Nếu nhìn số liệu xuất nhập khẩu, con số xuất siêu và tăng trưởng xuất khẩu mạnh mẽ những năm qua đến từ nhóm FDI, nếu không tính khối này, nền kinh tế chúng ta nhập siêu triền miên.

Nếu không nhờ nhóm FDI, dự trữ ngoại tệ VN sẽ không cao như hiện tại, và khủng hoảng có lẽ chưa qua, thị trường ngoại hối và tỷ giá đồng VND có lẽ không thể kiểm soát.

Tuy vậy, nếu chỉ nhìn con số tổng thể, chúng ta sẽ không nhìn hết bức tranh. Nói đến bức tranh hiện tại, nó không khác gì câu nói vui trong môn hóa học phổ thông “giàu thì giàu thêm và nghèo có khi vẫn cứ nghèo”.

Sự phân hóa đang diễn ra với nhịp độ nhanh và mạnh chưa từng có.

Finandlife

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Vietnam's Economy Is an Emerging Market Standout (nổi bật)

Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen, Bloomberg

Entrepreneur Le Thi Hang is scouting sites to open two more convenience stores in Hanoi, encouraged by rising sales at her one-year old shop.

“I don’t want to miss this chance,” said Hang, 32, who expects revenue to double this year with the expansion. Sales of food items including instant noodles, fish sauce, sugar, bread and milk are rising, she said.

While the world’s largest emerging economies including Russia, Brazil and China falter, Vietnam’s steady economic growth at near 7 percent this year will make it among the fastest-growing markets in the world. Rising domestic demand and booming foreign direct investment are helping the Southeast Asian nation counter global threats that’s sparked a wave of stock selling and currency depreciation this year.

That comes as the country begins a leadership transition this week that will set the tone for economic reform and growth. The Communist party’s draft socioeconomic plan for 2016 to 2020 shows the nation will target as much as 7 percent average annual expansion.

"In a very subdued (yếu, thờ ơ) global environment, domestic demand is king," said Trinh Nguyen, a Hong-Kong based senior economist for emerging Asia at Natixis SA said. “People in Vietnam are becoming more optimistic about the future. In both the regional and global landscapes, it’s set to outperform."

New Leaders

Vietnam’s economy is forecast to expand 6.7 percent this year, the same pace as in 2015, according to Bloomberg surveys.

Communist party officials gathering to choose the next party general secretary will also be tasked with setting a growth path that avoids a repeat of past mistakes, including soaring credit growth that saddled banks with bad debt and preferential treatment of state companies that created inefficiencies.

"Vietnam is positioned to have another stellar (ngôi sao) year in 2016," economists at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. led by Eugenia Victorino said in a report this month. "Nonetheless, the long-term outlook will depend on the outcome of the political changes expected over the next 12 months."

The central bank’s recent efforts to make the exchange rate more flexible will also strengthen macro-economic stability and help ease pressure on reserves, she said.

Meanwhile, private consumption rose 9.3 percent last year, according to government data. Disbursed (giải ngân) foreign direct investment surged 17.4 percent to a record-high of $14.5 billion last year from 2014, official data showed.

Vietnam’s stock market has also attracted foreign investors, with overseas investors net buyers for the 10th consecutive year in 2015. The benchmark VN Index gained for the first day in five, adding 1.8 percent at the close of trading Tuesday.

New Five-Year Plan

The draft plan shows the government aiming to lift gross domestic product per capita to $3,200 to $3,500 by 2020 compared with the International Monetary Fund’s estimate of about $2,171 in 2015. Inflation will be kept below 5 percent and the budget deficit capped at 4 percent of GDP.

 

Vietnam growth recovering

“In 2016 and 2017, we definitely believe that Vietnam is positioned to be one of the fastest growth stories,” said Victorino. “What could derail (trật đường ray) Vietnam’s fast growth story is if trade deficit widens due to much faster import growth from consumption-related items such as automobiles.”

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Vietnam real estate sector - Opportunities from corporate restructuring

by Michael16/06/2016 16:03

Accounting for 20% of the stocks that trade more than 100 thousand units a day in both the HSX and HNX, real estate is one of the most liquid sectors in the stock market. When it comes to price growth, however, the sector was nowhere among the best performers in the market over the past 12 months. While bank, insurance even O&G stocks took turns to join the rally, real estate stocks went mostly sideways during 2015 and the first half of 2016. Even the coming of Circular 06/TT-NHNN, which states that there will be no tightening against mortgage lending until 2017, could not lift enthusiasm for stock property developers more than a couple of days.

The booming of supply in real estate’s luxury segment when the demand has just recovered is a possible explanation for this. According to Savills, house prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh was largely stable in Q1, yet the absorption rates fell considerably compared to the first quarter and 4Q2015, especially in the middle and high-end segments. The same results can be seen in VNREA’s report, in which Q1 house sales in the two cities decreased sharply from a year earlier. The extent of the drop in absorption rate was somewhat a surprise even though market consensus states that the property market is already past its peak. The abundant supply, the impact of Lunar New Year and the psychological impact of the revision of Circular 36 are the main reasons for this decrease.

On the other hand, the difference in revenue and profit timing by real estate company is the reason why corporate earnings have not coincided with reported sales. In the first quarter, there are 34/67 listed real estate companies reported positive revenue growth and 35/67 companies reported growth on PAT. Although the result did not show a strong recovery in profitability, abundant liquidity is a favorable condition for the restructuring activities of businesses. Considering this aspect, we highly appreciate some real estatecompanies such as BCI and TDH. Lately, there has also been an increased attention in the market for other companies, such as DIG and ITC.

Regarding of BCI and TDH, two of the most experienced property developers in HCM, expectations for improved business efficiency after restructuring are the main driver for stock prices. In 2016, BCI target a profit-after-tax figure only half that of 2015, which was substantially inflated by non-recurring income. However, we believe that the plan of VND120 billion of 2016 PAT is within reach as it does not take into account the transfer of two land tracts, i.e. 510 King Duong Vuong and 150 An Duong Vuong. There are also high hopes for the cooperation between BCI and KDH following KDH’s acquisition of 57% BCI’s chartered capital. Nonetheless, we believe the synergies would only begin to realize after 2017, by which time KDH has finished its remaining projects in District 2 and District 9 and BCI has completed the necessary legal works and infrastructures for its major projects such as Corona City, Phong Phu 2, Tan Tao Urban Area…

Unlike BCI, TDH commits to achieve 70% year-over-year growth in its profit after tax in 2016 given the strong ability to recognize the sales of 168 apartments from TDH - Phuoc Long along with several finished projects such as Phuoc Long Spring Town, Long Hoi City… Most of TDH’s projects have high compensation rates and ready LURs. In addition, recent handshakes with Fideco and Lien Phuong Textile are expected to create the firm foundation for TDH’s long term growth. Of the most recently acquired projects, the project at 28 Phung Khac Khoan (co-developed with Fideco) and the project at 39 – 41 – 43 Vo Van Kiet (co-developed with Lien Phuong Textile) are considered the most potential thanks to their very prime locations.

BCI, TDH, DIG and ITC are all ex-SOE real estate businesses who were able to accumulate a large, low-cost land bank. DIG announced in the last week of May that it would liquidate a number of its projects including such as Dai Phuoc Eco Urban Area - Dong Nai (13.43ha), Nam Vinh Yen - Vinh Phuc New Urban Area (2 plots of 9,300m2 in total), Chi Linh - Vung Tau City Center (2 plots of 1.45ha in total) and An Son Hill Villas - Da Lat. Though estimated profits from these transactions are not that promising due to capitalized interest expenses, the move is expected to enable DIG to recover the initial investments and free up cash for betterprojects. In 2014, ITC also withdrew from Intresco Tower at a substantial loss but retrieved capital to trim its debts by a half. Beside Long Thoi- Nhon Duc Residential Area (55ha in Nha Be), ITC also invests in a prominent project at No. 83 Ly Chinh Thang, Q3, HCMC. Due to clearance problems, the company has not managed to boost the progress. Successfully resolving the problem can be an important step for ITC to get back to the growth path.

With their experience and large land bank, BCI, TDH, ITC and DIG each can become a big player by its own virtue. TDH, DIG and ITC are trading at a low price compared to their BV. Before being acquired by KDH, BCI were trading at a P/B around 0.6x. It can be inferred from this that, given their existing advantages, a catalyst, either it is a new owner or a liquidation of a major project is all these companies need to reignite their growth engine.

Rongviet Research

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[CAV] Technical Analysis Target 110

by Michael16/06/2016 15:43

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Thị trường tăng miếc nhưng tâm lý vẫn “Rational”?

by Michael16/06/2016 09:41

Những ngày qua dân chứng khoán sung sướng vì thị trường liên tục tăng điểm, danh mục liên tục lập đỉnh mới.

Nhưng biểu đồ đo tâm lý thị trường của chúng tôi lại vẫn nằm trong vùng hợp lý (rational). Điều này cho thấy, mức độ phân hóa của thị trường đang lớn, người lời cứ lời, người lỗ có thể vẫn cứ lỗ.

Sáng hôm này, một Broker lâu năm than thở, 10 năm với nghề rồi mà cứ bị cái lỗi đó ám hoài, “bán cổ phiếu tốt đang tăng, giữ miếc cổ phiếu lởm giảm giá.”

Be not like him J 

Finandlife

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Tiền ở đâu ra mà nhiều thế?

by Michael15/06/2016 14:29

Nhìn vào tương quan này phần nào lý giải được vì sao dòng tiền nền kinh tế mình gân đây lại dồi dào thế? Sao lãisuất liên ngân hàng có thể hạ về vùng thấp nhất trong nhiều năm? Sao thanh khoản trên thị trường chứng khoán lại cải thiện? Sao và sao…

 

Finandlife

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