Stocks advance for second day
	Friday,  May 17,2013,10:57 (GMT+7) HCMC – Despite some profit taking at the 490-point level, stronger demand drove stocks up for a second straight session on Thursday with liquidity sharply improving.

VND30-trillion package yet to spur realty stocks
	Thursday,  May 16,2013,21:41 (GMT+7) HCMC – The VND30-trillion housing loan package officially announced late in the morning helped the market claw back from early losses on Wednesday but real estate and construction stocks were yet to get a boost from this policy.

Market makes modest rally
	Thursday,  May 16,2013,21:09 (GMT+7) HCMC – The local market opened the week with a slight increase on Monday while turnover still stood at VND1 trillion thanks to some large put-through transactions.

Broker says uptrend not in sight this month
	Thursday,  May 16,2013,20:51 (GMT+7) HCMC – The VN-Index is expected to fluctuate between 450 and 500 points amid cautious trading in the rest of this month, a securities broker predicted, adding even positive macro news would fail to secure a sustainable uptrend for the local market.

Market seen moving flat this week
	Monday,  May 13,2013,20:06 (GMT+7) HCMC – The local stock market may repeat sideways movements this week as the interest rate cuts announced last week were already priced in and failed to buoy investor sentiment.

Bank shares help shore up liquidity
	Sunday,  May 12,2013,22:13 (GMT+7) HCMC – Huge put-through transactions of a number of bank tickers brought up liquidity on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE) to a four-month high on Thursday but the VN-Index saw a slight rebound after two consecutive falling sessions.

Put-through turnover shoots up
	Thursday,  May 9,2013,21:10 (GMT+7) HCMC – The local market on Wednesday was seeing another slack trading day until active put-through transactions in the afternoon session lifted its total turnover to over VND1.1 trillion, the highest level since April 17.

Stocks retreat after strong rise
	Wednesday,  May 8,2013,19:56 (GMT+7) HCMC – A sudden and strong rally on Monday triggered profit taking on Tuesday, sending the southern and northern markets down slightly despite high liquidity.

Rate cut expectation pushes market up
	Tuesday,  May 7,2013,20:26 (GMT+7) HCMC – Expectation of further lending rate decline fueled up investor sentiment on Monday, pushing the VN-Index up a hefty 13.08 points, or 2.75%, against last Friday to close at 488.32.

Liquidity likely to remain sluggish this week: brokers
	Monday,  May 6,2013,20:23 (GMT+7) HCMC – Securities enterprises predicted that liquidity on the local markets would not improve this week as investors would stay on the sidelines again before important macro news is announced.