The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange rose 0.17 per cent to end at 841.46 points, extending its rally for a fifth day with total growth of nearly 5.40 per cent.
Long Sơn PIC will sell 65 million shares to Gelex Energy, a member of the Vietnam Electrical Equipment JSC (Gelex)
Vietnamese shares were mixed on Friday with the benchmark VN-Index falling as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) completed their quarterly portfolio reviews.
The 11th International Exhibition of Electrical Technology and Equipment (Vietnam ETE) and the 8th International Exhibition of Products, Technologies for Energy Saving and Green Power (Enertec Expo) opened today (July 18) in HCM City.
MSCI, a global leading provider of research-based indexes and analytics, has eyes for Vietnamese shares when it added five local shares to its MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index.