VND Index

VND Index also known as the Trade Weighted Vietnam Dong Index, is a measure of the value of the Vietnam Dong (VND) relative to majority of its most significant trading partners.

History

VND Index is a measure of global strength of Vietnamese Dong relative to currency of Vietnam's major trading partners.

Methodology

In 2009, following regions whose currency has been selected into calculation of VND Index are: United States, China, Japan, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea. Those seven regions are chosen, whose currencies selected into the index, based on the value of their export and import to Vietnam:

Trading Partner	Export (bil USD) Y08	Import (bil USD) Y08	Index
US	12.00	2.60	16.67%
EU	10.50	8.20	19.60%
JP	8.6	8.2	17.31%
CN	4.57	15.60	18.70%
TW	1.39	8.3	8.7%
SG	2.60	9.35	11.04%
KR	1.8	6.87	7.98%
SUM	41.46	59.12	100%
(Source: Ministry of Industry & Trade of Vietnam, Woori CBV Securities Corporation)

• The index is computed as the geometric mean of the bilateral exchange rates of the included currencies.
• The weight assigned to the value of each currency in the calculation is based on trade data, and is updated annually (the value of the index itself is updated much more frequently than the weightings).

Criteria

• Nominal VND Index: based on nominal exchange rates and calculated on monthly basic.
• Real VND Index: based on real exchange rates and calculated on daily basic.

Both real and nominal VND Indexes started 100 point in the beginning of 2009.

See also

• Vietnam Investor Confidence Index
• Vietnam Consumer Confidence Index
• Vietnam Securities Indexes
• Vietnam Bond Indexes
• Woori CBV Securities Corporation
• Vietnamese Dong

External links

• Nominal VND Index on Bloomberg website
• About Woori CBV
• VND Index on Woori CBV
• Vietnamnews writing about VND Index
• Vneconomy writing about VND Index