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The index closed 2.44 points higher after dropping 27.90 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 32% to VND21.55 trillion ($846 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 14 tickers gained.
VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail led the gain with a 6.8% increase.
It was followed by BCM of Becamex Investment and Industrial Development, down 1.8%.
SSB of SeABank dropped 6.4% while BID of state-owned lender BIDV declined by 1.8%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND704 billion.
They mainly bought VCI of Viet Capital Securities and HAH of Hai An Transport and Stevedoring.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.19%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went down 0.23%.
