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VN30 vs VN Diamond ETF Strategies: Which Fits Vietnam's 2026 Portfolio?

Executive Summary

E1VFVN30 is down 5.26% YTD, FUEVFVND 14.73% as of 02/10/2026. How the two index strategies differ on liquidity, tracking error and 2026 portfolio fit.

By:Sungsoo Na— COO & CCO at teko

VN30 vs VN Diamond ETF Strategies: Which Fits Vietnam's 2026 Portfolio?

Cập nhật phiên 02/10/2026 — bài viết so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond dựa trên dữ liệu giá và thanh khoản từ Yahoo Finance.

So sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond: 4 điểm chính cho danh mục 2026

  • Khi so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond, khác biệt cốt lõi nằm ở cách xây dựng chỉ số: VN30 là beta vốn hóa lớn, còn VN Diamond là chiến lược chọn lọc theo room ngoại.
  • E1VFVN30 (-5,26% YTD) và FUEVFVND (-14,73% YTD) lệch nhau gần 9 điểm phần trăm tính từ đầu năm 2026.
  • FUEVFVND giao dịch 861K đơn vị trong phiên, hơn gấp đôi thanh khoản 389K đơn vị của E1VFVN30.
  • Đừng bỏ qua tracking error khi so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond — sai số này ăn mòn lợi nhuận trong dài hạn.

Vietnam's two best-known equity ETF strategies ended the prior session in very different places: E1VFVN30 closed at 34,190 VND, down 5.26% year-to-date, while FUEVFVND — the DCVFMVN Diamond ETF — closed at 32,660 VND, down 14.73% YTD, according to Yahoo Finance data as of 02/10/2026. That is a spread of roughly 9 percentage points in year-to-date performance between two funds that both hold large Vietnamese listed companies. This analysis compares the VN30 and VN Diamond approaches on index construction, liquidity, tracking-error risk and portfolio fit — not to pick a winner, but to show which one matches which job in a 2026 portfolio.

The October 2026 Snapshot: VN30 vs VN Diamond in Numbers

Before the strategy discussion, the table below is the factual base for everything that follows. All figures are prior-session closing prices and reported trading volume from Yahoo Finance as of 02/10/2026, with the market not yet open.

TickerNamePrice1-Day1-Week1-MonthYTDVolume
E1VFVN30VFMVN30 ETF34,190 VND-0.09%-1.18%-4.15%-5.26%389K units
FUEVFVNDDCVFMVN Diamond ETF32,660 VND-1.00%-3.14%-3.94%-14.73%861K units
FUESSV30SSIAM VN30 ETF24,000 VND+0.71%-2.20%-2.36%-5.14%13K units
VNM (NYSE Arca)VanEck Vietnam ETF$16.72-0.71%-3.18%-6.59%-12.51%683K shs

VN30: Two Listings, One Benchmark

The VN30 group is represented by two funds in this data set. E1VFVN30 at 34,190 VND is the larger by reported unit volume, at 389K units for the session, and is down 4.15% over one month. FUESSV30, the SSIAM VN30 ETF, closed at 24,000 VND with a 1-day gain of +0.71% and a YTD decline of 5.14% — within 0.12 percentage points of E1VFVN30's -5.26% YTD. Two separate funds tracking the same large-cap benchmark landing that close together year-to-date is a useful sanity check: the VN30 exposure itself, not the wrapper, is what drove the outcome.

VN Diamond: One Dominant Listing

FUEVFVND recorded 861K units of reported volume for the session — more than double E1VFVN30's 389K units. Its one-month return of -3.94% was slightly better than E1VFVN30's -4.15%, but over the year-to-date window the Diamond strategy sits at -14.73% versus -5.26%. The lesson is that the two strategies can move in a similar direction over short windows and still separate widely over longer ones.

Why the Two Strategies Diverge

Index Construction: Breadth vs. Selection

A VN30 mandate is a market-capitalisation, rules-based selection of the largest listed companies on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. Its return is essentially large-cap beta — whatever the biggest names do, the fund does. A VN Diamond mandate is a selective strategy: it screens for companies that sit at or near their foreign ownership limits, on the logic that these names are less exposed to foreign selling pressure and more exposed to domestic demand. That construction difference, not the fund manager, is the primary reason the YTD gap in the table is 9 percentage points rather than 1 or 2.

The Ownership-Room Factor in Practice

The practical consequence is a different sector and factor profile. When the market rewards large, liquid, foreign-owned-heavy names, a VN30 fund participates fully. When it rewards stocks that sit at their foreign-ownership limits, the Diamond screen is the one positioned to capture that move — but when foreign flows turn negative, the same concentrated names can fall harder, which is consistent with the wider drawdown seen in the table above. Before allocating, check each fund's tracking error and its management fee, because both quietly reduce the return you actually keep.

Câu hỏi thường gặp khi so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond

Nên chọn ETF VN30 hay VN Diamond cho năm 2026?

Không có câu trả lời chung. Nếu mục tiêu là bám sát beta vốn hóa lớn của thị trường Việt Nam với thanh khoản ổn định, nhóm ETF VN30 phù hợp hơn. Nếu bạn chấp nhận biến động cao hơn để đặt cược vào nhóm cổ phiếu cạn room ngoại, VN Diamond là lựa chọn khác biệt về bản chất. Điểm cần lưu ý khi so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond: chênh lệch YTD 9 điểm phần trăm phản ánh khác biệt cấu trúc, không phải khác biệt năng lực quản lý quỹ.

So sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond dựa trên chỉ số nào?

Nên so sánh dựa trên: (1) YTD và lợi nhuận 1 tháng, (2) thanh khoản bình quân mỗi phiên, (3) tracking error so với chỉ số cơ sở, (4) phí quản lý, và (5) mức độ tập trung ngành. Khi so sánh ETF VN30 và VN Diamond, thanh khoản là yếu tố quyết định với nhà đầu tư cá nhân vì ảnh hưởng trực tiếp tới spread mua–bán.

Nội dung trên là phân tích dữ liệu thị trường tại phiên 02/10/2026, không phải khuyến nghị mua/bán. Nhà đầu tư nên tự kiểm tra thông tin và cân nhắc khẩu vị rủi ro trước khi giải ngân.

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About the Author

Sungsoo Na

COO & CCO at teko

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Financial executive with over 18 years of experience across equity derivatives, structured products, tokenized securities, and fintech in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Former CEO of Vina Securities JSC (2020–2024) and former Institutional Equity Division executive at Morgan Stanley (2014–2019), holding a Ph.D. in Financial Engineering from North Carolina State University.

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