Vietnam has emerging stock-broker tournament activity, led by KIS Vietnam's Bản Lĩnh Chứng Trường (currently Season 5, 342M VND prize pool with NAV-bracket divisions). VPS dominates retail market share (15.32% Q1 2026, 21 quarters at #1) and is likely contest-active. Crypto is in transition — five pilot exchange licenses being issued in 2026 (Techcombank as first bank applicant, CAEX as first license applicant). ONUS leadership faces investigations as of March 2026; verify status before engaging.
Stock-broker tournament activity is the most established segment, with KIS Vietnam's Bản Lĩnh Chứng Trường as the highest-profile recurring event. VPS Securities's market dominance positions it for high tournament cadence even though specific events vary season to season. The crypto-side cadence will likely accelerate sharply once the pilot exchanges go live — CAEX (backed by VPBank, OKX Ventures, and HashKey Capital) is the most-watched candidate for the first onshore crypto exchange license. Until then, Vietnamese crypto users have historically operated through offshore exchanges (Binance, Bybit, OKX) with corresponding limitations on tournament prize eligibility.
Vietnamese trader who captained team **sotaytaichinh.vn** to the championship of OKEx's third Elite Trading Team Contest in August 2020 — out of 231 teams and 8,082 individual traders, on USDT-margined perpetuals.
Trinh Nguyen — Nguyễn Đức Khánh Trình, a Mathematics Economics student at National Economics University in Hanoi — won the inaugural 2022 WorldQuant Global Alphathon, the competition WorldQuant has since absorbed into its International Quant Championship lineage.
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How many trading traders from Vietnam are in this directory?
2 published trader profiles. Each profile links to source-verified tournament results, public social channels, and career achievements. New profiles are added as they clear our editorial review — typically 3-5 business days after submission.
Who curates the Vietnam trader directory?
The trading-tournaments.com editorial team. Every profile is fact-checked against the trader's tournament sources (exchange announcements, championship archives, brokerage-audited records). Only traders with a verifiable public result appear here. Anonymous, unverified claims are rejected.
Can I submit a trader from Vietnam to this directory?
Yes — traders (or people with permission from a trader) can submit a profile at /traders/submit. Include a proof link (tournament result page, exchange leaderboard, championship result URL), the trader's public socials, and a short bio. Editorial review runs 3-5 business days and either publishes or requests clarification.
What counts as a "verified" trader in this directory?
A verified trader carries an independently-audited performance record — typically a broker-audited annual return (Robbins World Cup, U.S. Investing Championship), a third-party track-record verification service (MMVR, Verify My Trade), or a fully-transparent on-chain record. Self-reported returns don't qualify. The ✓ Verified badge on a profile card indicates this status.