The index closed 15.37 points higher after dropping 18.16 points last Friday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 33% to VND15.965 trillion (US$627.2 billion).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 23 tickers gained.
SSI of brokerage SSI Securities went up 5.7%, TPB of private lender TPBank increased by 5.4%, VRE of retail real estate arm Vincom Retail closed 5.2% higher.
Seven bluechips fell. VIC of private conglomerate Vingroup fell 1.4%, MBB of lender MB Bank went down 0.4%, VNM of dairy giant Vinamilk slid 0.3%.
Foreign investors were net seller to the tune of VND242 billion, mainly selling FUEVFVND of exchange-traded fund DCVFMVN DIAMOND and MWG of electronics retail chain Mobile World.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, rose 2.04%, while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market went up 0.99%.