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The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) launched the total return index (TRI) on June 30 to evaluate investment efficiency.

Shares rose on the Hochiminh Exchange with significant inflow of speculative capital, but fell on the northern bourse on June 26.

Shares managed to advance for the third day on both the national stock exchanges as investors were less pessimistic.

VinaWealth Fund Management Company JSC has launched the VinaWealth Equity Opportunity Fund (VEOF), under the IPO granted by the Vietnam State Securities Commission on March 14.

Profit booking intensified during March 20's trading, dragging shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Exchange down. However, shares on Hanoi Exchange managed to close slightly up.

Vietnam stock market witnessed dull trading activity last year, this has led to the closure or suspension of many securities companies or fund management companies.

Shares advanced on both national stock exchanges on January 13, with the benchmark in the southern bourse exceeding the 520-point level thank to blue chips' support.

While most Southeast Asian stock markets are emerging on the global financial map, the Vietnam stock market skyrocketed in 2013 with a growth rate of over 20 percent. Vietnam Net online newspaper reports.

The stock market in Vietnam witnessed a strong recovery this year with the benchmark indices, market capitalisation and the involvement of foreign capital soaring over last year, according to the State Securities Commission.

Shares finished higher on December 19 on both national stock exchanges as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) move to "taper" monthly bond buying by 10 billion USD to 75 billion USD.

The Vietnam stock market returns to its position as an important capital mobilisation channel, when capital flows not only come from domestic investors, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry says on its website.