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The index closed 5.78 points higher after dropping 12.52 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 35% to VND19.12 trillion ($755 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 22 tickers gained.
PLX of Petrolimex led with a 5.6% rise, followed by MWG of Mobile World with a 2.4% increase.
POW of PetroVietnam Power Corporation went up 2.2%.
FPT of tech giant FPT dropped 3%, while MSN of Masan Group declined by 0.8%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND973 billion, mainly buying HDB of HDBank and STB of Sacombank.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.66%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.35%.
