Vietnam’s VN Index, a measure of 181 companies, excluding a newly listed one, on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, rose 0.3 percent to 547.08, the highest since Nov. 6.

On the index, 70 stocks advanced, 80 dropped, and 31 were unchanged Tuesday.

Vincom Joint-Stock Co., Vietnam’s second-biggest listed property company, rose 3.7 percent to VND112,000, the highest since the company started trading in September 2007. The real-estate developer raised US$100 million by selling convertible bonds on the Singapore Stock Exchange, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the person isn’t authorized to discuss the matter.

Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Joint-Stock Co., a maker of air conditioners and electrical appliances, advanced 3.4 percent to VND51,500. The company said pretax profit in the 10 months through end-October reached VND417 billion ($23 million), beating the full-year target of VND250 billion, it said in a statement filed on the exchange’s website.

Duc Thanh Wood Processing Joint-Stock Co. (GDT VN), which manufactures, distributes and exports furniture for interior decoration, rose to VND36,000 on the first day of trading on the exchange. The company started trading 10.37 million shares with an initial price of VND30,000, according to a statement on the exchange’s website. The listing increased the number of companies on the exchange to 182.