The paper presented history of the development of commodity exchanges and commodity exchanges in Vietnam
The utilities when trading via exchanges: (1) Organizing commodity exchange
(2) Creating markets
(3) Providing services
(4) Means of risk management of manufacturers and business enterprises. Supports from the State may perform in two forms either directly or indirectly. The direct involvement of the state in transaction market through the direct provision of goods, services, indirect involvement of the State in Exchange through taxes and subsidies, or regulations. Since 2005, the Government has issued many legal documents related to the Commercial Law regarding trading activity through commodity exchanges.