HANOI — Vietnam will remove a requirement for full pre-funding on equity transactions of foreign investors from November 2, its finance ministry said, the country's latest effort to boost the chances to be reclassified as an emerging market.

Currently, overseas investors must fully transfer funds before buying securities, a hurdle that has hampered for years the upgrade of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.

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