Profit-taking weighs on shares

Shares slid during trading on Feb. 21 on both of the nation's stock exchanges.

Deputy PM urges haste on airport projects

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged investors and contractors to speed up progress on three key transportation projects in order to ensure their completion by the end of 2014.

Stocks rebound on both exchanges as volumes slow

Advancers outnumberd decliners by a four-to-one margin on the HCM City Stock Exchange on Feb. 17, pushing the VN-Index up by over 1.7 percent to a close of 403.30 points.

Blue chips lead plunging market

Shares continued to retreat on Feb. 13 on profit-taking, closing the first session of this week down on both national stock exchanges with over 55 percent of codes losing value, led by blue chips.

Hanoi funds price stabilisation effort

The People's Committee of Hanoi has decided to advance 94 billion VND (4.5 million USD) from the city financial reserve fund for the third phase of price stabilisation of essential goods after Tet (lunar new year).

Banking shares help lift market

Stocks gained slightly on the HCM City Stock Exchange on Feb. 9, with the VN-Index edging up by 0.45 percent over the previous day's session to close at 411.39 points.

Blue chip gains boost market

Shares continued to improve during the Feb. 8 session, with the VN-Index and VN30 on the HCM Stock Exchange adding 2.1 and 2.6 percent, respectively.

New rules govern State firm IPOs

A Ministry of Finance circular providing guidelines for the initial public offering (IPO) of equitised State-run companies will go into effect on February 15.

Market value, volume rebound

Stocks recouped the previous day's losses across the nation on Feb. 7 on improved trading volume and value.

VN30 falls during debut session

The new index VN30, which comprises the 30 best stocks listed on the HCM Stock Exchange, lost 1.43 percent from 449.41 points to 447.47 points during its first ever session on Feb. 6.