Tough odds for VN market upgradeViet Nam’s securities market has a 25 per cent chance of being upgraded to the “emerging market” status from its current “frontier market” level by 2021, according to Vo Tri Thanh, senior economist at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM). Viet Nam’s securities market has a 25 per cent chance of being upgraded to the “emerging market” status from its current “frontier market” level by 2021. — Photo ndh.vnThe market status levels are regulated by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), the US independent provider of research-driven insights and tools for institutional investors. Then it would take the Vietnamese securities market at least two more years to become an emerging market as regulated by MSCI. Positive 2018 aheadViet Nam’s economy in general and its securities market in particular are showing positive signs and higher achievements are reachable in 2018.