Shares continued to slide on both national stock exchanges, following last Friday's meagre trades.

On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index lost 0.16 per cent to reach 377.21 points.
Only 12.95 million shares changed hands, totalling a combined market value of VND196.9 billion (US$9.3 million).

Of the 30 leading shares tracked by the VN30, only eight stocks managed to post gains, while others tumbled or finished this morning unchanged, pushing the index down 0.25 per cent to 442.56 points.

Meanwhile on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index reached 50.69 points, 0.7 per cent down compared to last Friday's close.

The new week started with bleak trading on the Ha Noi bourse, where trading value dropped significantly to VND40.7 billion ($1.9 million) on a volume of 7.15 million shares.
The HNX30, composed of the northern bourse's top shares, also shed 0.9 per cent to 91.64 points.