The index closed 2.41 points higher after losing 12.84 points on Friday.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 5.54% to VND6.81 trillion ($287.65 million).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 17 tickers gain.
NVL of property developer Novaland Group surged 6.8%, followed by PDR of Phat Dat Real Estate Development with a 6.7% gain.
VHM of property giant Vinhomes went up 2.8% and CTG of state-owned lender VietinBank rose 2%.
Twelve blue chips fell.
VJC of budget airline Vietjet lost 4.8% and MSN of conglomerate Masan Group dropped 2.1%.
Foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND100.42 billion, mainly selling NVL and VND of brokerage VNDirect.
The HNX-Index at the Hanoi Stock Exchange, where mid and small caps list, was up 0.82% while the UPCoM-Index at the Unlisted Public Companies Market was up by 0.26%.