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Instructions for foreign investors to open a securities account with Vietcap

Foreign clients are required to obtain a Securities Trading Code (STC) from the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) in order to directly invest in Vietnamese securities market.

For foreign individuals

1. STC application and opening account with Vietcap




DOCUMENT

REQUIREMENT/FORMS

QUANTITY

Passport

Notarized copy (*)

2 copies

Vietcap1 - Application Cum Contract for Account opening and Service Registration

VIETCAP1 - Account opening contract-2025.pdf

2 signed copies

Vietcap2 - Terms & Conditions

VIETCAP2 - Terms & Conditions.pdf

Read only

Vietcap 3 - Online Trading Risk Disclosure Statement 
VIETCAP3-Online Trading Risk Disclosure Statement.pdf

Read only

VSD1 - STC application form 

VSD 1 - STC application form_2025.pdf 

1 signed copy

VSD2 - Power of Attorney

VSD 2. Power of Attorney_2025.pdf

1 signed copy

If foreign individual already has STC, then please follow the below steps to open an account with Vietcap:

DOCUMENT

REQUIREMENT/FORMS

QUANTITY

Passport

Notarized copy (*)

1 copy

Vietcap1 - Application Cum Contract for Account opening and Service Registration

VIETCAP1 - Account opening contract-2025.pdf 

2 signed copies

Vietcap2 - Terms & Conditions 

VIETCAP2 - Terms & Conditions.pdf

Read only

Vietcap3 - Online Trading Risk Disclosure Statement 
VIETCAP3-Online Trading Risk Disclosure Statement.pdf

Read only


STC approval

 

scan copy

2. Opening foreign indirect investment account (FIIA) with BIDV bank

Please visit BIDV’s Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Branch

No.56– 64 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City.

Or contact Ms. Le Thi Thanh Nhan - BIDV’s Individual Customer Services Department at (84-28) 38218812 (ext. 654).

For foreign institutions

1. STC application and opening account with Vietcap

DOCUMENT

REQUIREMENT/FORMS

QUANTITY

Certificate of Incorporation

Notarized copy (*)

1 copy

Certificate of Incumbency or Letter appointing directors/representative

Notarized copy (*)

1 copy

Passport of Representative

Notarized copy (*)

1 copy

Vietcap.1 –  Account opening contract
Vietcap. 1 - Account opening contract.pdf

2 signed copies

Vietcap.2 – Online Service Agreement

Vietcap. 2 - Online Service Agreement.pdf

2 signed copies

Securities Trading Code Application Form

VSD 1. - STC application form.pdf

1 signed copy

Power of Attorney

VSD 2. - Power of Attorney.pdf

1 signed copy

Note: (*) A notarized copy is a copy of the document notarized by your home country’s embassy/consulate or an authorized agency/notarization office in Vietnam. If the document is not written in English, then a copy of the Vietnamese translation must be attached.

2. Opening foreign indirect investment account at BIDV bank

Please send email to BIDV-Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Branch at custodian.nkkn@bidv.com.vn

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