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Vietnam's stocks could be in sweet spot as GDP growth surges

The Vietnamese economy grew by 7.7% in the second quarter, one of the fastest rates in a decade, and is expected to expand even faster this quarter, driven by an ongoing burst of consumption.
Vietnam's stocks could be in sweet spot as GDP growth surges ảnh 1Table shows a few likely inflation scenarios that VinaCapital has outlined. (Source VinaCapital)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) — The Vietnamese economy grew by 7.7%in the second quarter, one of the fastest rates in a decade, and is expected toexpand even faster this quarter, driven by an ongoing burst of consumption.

“Vietnam’s stellar Q2 GDP growth has prompted us to lift our 2022 GDP growthforecast from 6.5% to 7.5%, although we believe it is very possible [it] willgrow by more than 7.5% this year,” Michael Kokalari, chief economist atVinaCapital, said.

“Furthermore, GDP growth in Q3 is likely to exceed 10% year-on-year because theCOVID-19 lockdowns [last year] resulted in a low base.

“We believe that a 10% [rate] would be a major catalyst for investors to pourmoney into Vietnam’s stock market, with the only caveat to the very brightoutlook for the country’s GDP growth being the ongoing slowdown in US GDPgrowth.”

This slowdown in the US economy is weighing on demand for “made in Vietnam”products such as TVs, furniture and smartphones in the country’s largestexport market.

Export growth to the US slowed from nearly 50% year-on-year in in the firsthalf of 2021 to a still very respectable 23% year-on-year in the first half ofthis year.

“We expect Vietnam’s export growth to the US to fall to circa 10% by the end ofthe year as the US economy continues to slow, and we have already beenfactoring it into our forecasts for Vietnam’s 2022 GDP growth since thebeginning of the year.”

Vietnam’s GDP growth accelerated from 5.6% in H1 last year to 6.4% in H1 thisyear despite the fact that the Government budget surplus more than doubled inthe period from 2.2% of GDP to an estimated 5%.

Though this was a major drag on economic growth, it was more than offset by asurge in real retail sales (adjusted for inflation), whose growth increasedfrom 1.9% to 7.9% in the period.  

Kokalari said: “Investors are focused on the inflation wave currentlysweeping across the globe, but inflation in Vietnam is still very modest atjust 3.4%.” 

The country’s low inflation rate stems in part from the fact that Vietnamproduces more than enough food to feed its citizens. 

The recent drop in oil prices should put investors’ minds at ease about thelikely trajectory of inflation in Vietnam for the rest of 2022. 

The Government cut the environment tax on fuel twice in April and July,reducing pump prices by a total of around 10% though they are still up 40%year-on-year.

Critically, the Government has the room to reduce prices by a further 26%,which would shave off around 1.5 percentage points from Vietnam’s headlineinflation, Kokalari said. 

Thus, the inflation rate is likely to remain well within the 4% range targetedby the State Bank of Vietnam for this year, making it very unlikely it willhike policy rates in contrast to all of its regional emerging market peers thatare currently hiking rates. 

Furthermore, the country’s modest inflation has also lent some support to thevalue of the dong, which has depreciated by only 3% this year despite a 13%increase in the value of the US Dollar/DXY Index.

The surge in domestic consumption propelled the earnings growth of consumerdiscretionary companies listed on the stock exchange, such as Digiworld (DGW),the consumer electronics/mobile phone retailer, and jewellery retailer PNJ,both of which saw their H1 earnings increase by 50-60%.

With the COVID-19 pandemic essentially over, domestic tourism has surged pastpre-COVID levels, and so the earnings of the country’s airport operator,Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), have more than doubled. 

Kokalari said: “Unfortunately, Vietnam’s stock market has not benefittedmeaningfully from the country’s impressive GDP growth this year, partly becauseof turmoil in global markets, and there is a risk that global stock marketvolatility will continue to impact Vietnam’s stock market in the monthsahead. 

“That said, the consensus expects the market’s earnings to grow by 16% thisyear, driven by strong economic growth.

“Consequently, we expect a strong rebound in both the VN-Index and our funds bythe end of 2022”./.
VNA

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