Trading hours are from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays as prescribed by the Labor Code.

The trading method utilized is the Put-through transaction, which includes:

• Electronic put-through transaction: Carbon trading members enter buy or sell orders with a firm commitment into the Carbon Trading System or select matching counter-orders that have already been entered into the system to execute the trade.

• Common put-through transaction: The buyer and the seller mutually negotiate the trading conditions in advance and then report the negotiation results to the Carbon Trading System to establish the transaction. 

• Quotation unit: VND 01

• Time for settlement: T-day (Same-day settlement)
• Settlement method: Transactions on the carbon trading system shall be settled through the carbon custody and transaction settlement system on the same trading day under the instant settlement on a per-transaction basis method, without application of the central counterparty clearing mechanism
  

• Executed orders: Cannot be amended or canceled.
• Unexecuted orders: Allowed to be amended or canceled.
  

• To trade emission allowances/carbon credits, clients must have a Carbon Depository Account and a Carbon Trading Account. 

• In case a client already has a securities depository account at HSC, they only need to register for a Carbon Trading Account.

  Types of entities eligible to open a Carbon Trading Account include:

  -    Entities trading greenhouse gas emission allowances: Facilities that have been allocated emission allowances in accordance with applicable laws.

  -    Entities trading carbon credits are agencies and organizations located within the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

  Types of Carbon Trading Accounts include:

  -    Allowance Account: An account type permitted to trade both emission allowances and carbon credits.

  -    Credit Account: An account type permitted to trade carbon credits only.

• Trading entities must have sufficient funds when placing buy orders and sufficient greenhouse gas emission allowances and carbon credits when placing sell orders
  
  

• Direct placement via physical order forms:

  Customer Service Officers receive clients' orders at HSC's Head Office, branches, and transaction offices, and verify the client's identity and the order details.

• Order receipt by Sales Officers:

  Sales Officers receive orders via fax or email, provided that such fax number or email address has been registered by the client with HSC.