In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Wanming Du, director of index policy in the Asia-Pacific region for FTSE Russell, explains why we are reclassifying Vietnam from a frontier market to an emerging market and what this means for the country’s inclusion in flagship FTSE Russell equity benchmarks.

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Introduction
• (00:01:45) - The role of FTSE Russell's policy team
• (00:03:45) - Vietnam's classification change
• (00:05:33) - Reasons for reclassification
• (00:06:35) - Working with regulators
• (00:07:15) - Importance of market infrastructure
• (00:08:27) - Free float in Asian emerging markets
• (00:10:16) - External advisory committees
• (00:11:19) - Other markets