The index closed 9.24 points higher after dropping 13.77 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 37% to VND13.114 trillion (US$515.3 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers gained.
VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail saw the biggest increase of 6.8%, followed by MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World with a 5.4% growth and CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank, up 3.2%.
Seven blue chips fell. TCB of private lender Techcombank went down 3.0%, POW of electricity producer Petrovietnam Power Corporation slid 2.3% and FPT of IT giant FPT Corporation closed 1.5% lower.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND792 billion, mainly selling FUEVFVND of exchange-traded fund DCVFMVN DIAMOND and FPT of FPT Corporation.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.41%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.27%.