The HNX Index on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange rose another 0.7 per cent to end at 83.93 points, rallying 1.5 per cent in four days. The issuance of bonus shares could help boost Vietcombank on the stock market in the coming trading days, thus bringing the market upwards as Vietcombank is the second largest stock by market capitalisation, Bảo Việt Securities Corp said in a note on Thursday. Yesterday’s sharp rise of VCB increased the bank’s market capitalisation to more than VNĐ153.2 trillion (US$6.8 billion). — VNSBox:New trading regulation on HoSEThe HCM Stock Exchange (HoSE) on Monday issued the decisions 341/QĐ-SGDHCM and 342/SGDHCM to change the regulations for stock trading on the southern exchange. Stocks that are strictly controlled by the stock exchange will be traded only in the afternoon session until HoSE issues further announcements.

Source: Viet Nam News August 26, 2016 18:00 UTC