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The index closed 18.22 points lower after gaining 5.17 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 26% to VND10.128 trillion ($412.29 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 25 tickers fell.
GVR of Vietnam Rubber Group dropped 6.7%, followed by SSI of leading brokerage SSI Securities Corporation, down 6.6%.
STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank closed 5.9% lower and TCB of the largest private lender Techcombank fell 4.9%.
Four blue chips gained, led by VCB of state-owned lender Vietcombank, up 1.1%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND88 billion, mainly selling VHM of property giant Vinhomes and TCB of the largest private lender Techcombank.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 3.07% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market dropped 0.99%.
