The nation's stock exchanges on August 30 saw their strongest single-day increases since the beginning of this year, with the VN-Index making a gain of 15.41 points, or 3.59 percent, to end the day at 444.55.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the HCM Stock Exchange by 242 -11, although the value of trades remained meagre at just 842.1 billion VND (43.2 million USD), on a volume of 33.8 million shares.

On the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index skyrocketed by 5.58 percent to close at 124.88 points, although value on the northern bourse also remained modest at just 471.1 billion VND (24.1 million USD), with 20.2 million shares traded. Over 240 codes rose to their ceiling prices.

Foreign investors bucked the rising trend in shares on August 30, becoming sellers on both stock exchanges by a net of 1.6 million shares worth 26.9 billion VND (1.4 million USD)./.