National Assembly deputy Trần Hoàng Ngân said more than 14 million individual and institutional accounts are trading on the stock market, so modern IT infrastructure must be funded to keep the market running continuously, safely and transparently, moving toward trading without a lunch break. He noted Vietnam's stock market is 26 years old and has had 1-2 crashes that halted trading and forced closures, and urged state support for infrastructure investment. Deputy Nguyễn Hải Nam proposed allowing loss-making firms with partial state capital to publicly disclose information for competitive auctions of divestments, provided the disclosure clearly warns of their losses. Deputy Bùi Xuân Hải noted the draft does not define the 'securities industry', so incentive policies for its workforce need further consideration.
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Original headline: Đầu tư cơ sở hạ tầng công nghệ thông tin để nhà đầu tư chứng khoán giao dịch 24/24 giờ
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