Breakthrough Boards: Beyond Governance, Positioning Trust and Elevating Reputation in the Capital Market

VIOD's featured publication for 2026 frames the board's role as going beyond compliance governance to actively positioning corporate trust and institutional reputation as strategic assets in Vietnam's rapidly upgrading capital market, timed to FTSE Russell's reclassification of Vietnam to Secondary Emerging Market status. The piece is highly actionable for Vietnamese and broader SEA boards operating in markets undergoing regulatory and investor maturity transitions, where board credibility is increasingly a valuation driver. It reinforces that boardroom performance — measured through stakeholder trust, disclosure quality, and proactive leadership — is now inseparable from capital market competitiveness in the region.