Vietnam: launch of the Corporate Governance Code of Best Practices

It's almost three years since I posted a note to say that the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, was working with the State Securities Commission in Vietnam to develop a corporate governance code. That code has now been published, according to a tweet from the IFC (although I have yet to locate a copy online*):

“As Vietnam moves ahead to deepen its capital markets, good corporate governance will be a vital part of that journey”--IFC CEO Philippe Le Houérou in Ho Chi Minh City at the launch of #Vietnam’s Corporate Governance Code of Best Practices.

cc @HoSE_exchange @Hanoi_Exchange pic.twitter.com/tM73Vv06e4

— IFC (@IFC_org) 13 August 2019

* - update (21 August 2019): a copy of the code in English can be found here (pdf).

Stock exchange corporate governance indices

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has published a paper reviewing the different approaches used by stock exchanges in building indices including corporate governance: see here (pdf). Indices in the following countries are considered: Brazil, Italy, Peru, South Korea, China, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey.