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The index close 9.47 points higher after rising 2.45 points Wednesday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, fell 13% to VND9.18 trillion ($391.05 million).
The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 25 tickers gain.
POW of electricity producer Petrovietnam Power Corporation led with a 6.8% rise.
It was followed by STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank, up 3.9%.
TPB of private TPBank gained 2.5%, and VNM of dairy giant Vinamilk rose 2.4%.
Four blue chips fell, with NVL of property developer Novaland Group losing 2.1%.
Foreign investors were net buyers to the tune of VND673 billion, mainly buying HPG of steelmaker Hoa Phat Group and VNM.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 0.02% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market gained 0.08%.
