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Vietnamese shares dropped on August 20 for a second day - and for a seventh session in the last eight - as global oil prices plunged to a six-year low, weighing on energy stocks.

Shares narrowed their losses in the afternoon session on Aug. 19 following information that the Ministry of Finance finally issued a circular providing guidelines for the implementation of Decree 60.

Vietnamese shares rose on August 18, breaking a five-day losing streak, on gains in banks and insurers.

Vietnamese shares fell 2.7 percent on August 17, extending losses for a fifth consecutive day, as bank and gas shares dragged the market down.

Singapore’s economy may suffer from negative impacts from China’s move to devalue its currency for three consecutive days on August 11, 12 and 13, experts said.

A delegation of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE) shared its corporate governance experiences with the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) on August 13 and 14.

Vietnamese shares fell for a third straight day on August 13 amid fears the country's exporters could lose competitiveness because of a sharp depreciation of China's currency.

Hai Phong Port Joint Stock Company lists on the Hanoi Stock Exchange with the code PHP on August 12.

Vietnamese stocks fell on August 11, giving back some of previous day's gains, after a dividend payment by a confectionery company led indexes lower.

Vietnamese shares jumped on August 10, rebounding from last week's losses as dairy giant Vinamilk and insurer Bao Viet Holdings led gainers.

The national stock market was unable to maintain growth on August 5 as shareholders raised their selling volume to cut the market gains.

Several large companies on the HCM Stock Exchange have spent hundreds to several billions of Vietnamese dong to pay dividends since the beginning of this year.

The HCM Stock Exchange (HSX) and the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) delisted 26 companies, with 438 million shares, in the first six months of this year.

Speculative shares played the role of hero on the national stock market on August 5, attracting attention from investors that drove both indices up to end a recent slump.

Vietnam needs to accelerate the restructuring of the stock exchange by enhancing hedging instruments and diversifying products to drive more foreign capital into the securities market.

Local shares on August 4 extended losses on both bourses as blue chips continued their recent slip. Market liquidity also took a sudden tumble, ending at two-thirds of previous day's figure.

The disappointing outcome of the recent Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in Hawaii weakened local shares.

Digiworld Corp (Digiworld), the IT product distributor, has announced that its initial public offering (IPO) will be held on August 3 at the HCM Stock Exchange with the code DGW.

Shares widened their losses on the afternoon of July 31 as blue chips fell on rising precaution about the market outlook.

Many mid-cap shares hit the ceiling on July 30 afternoon, rescuing the VN-Index from another fall, but liquidity continued to slide as buying power in blue chips weakened.