National stock indexes rose for the second day as capital influx improved significantly. The VN-Index was up 179 per cent and closed at 457.58 points, after 212 of 260 listed shares on the HCM City Stock Exchange rallied.
Blue chips gained slightly, including Phu My Fertilisers (DPM), up 0.1 per cent; the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT), 1.5 per cent; Hoa Phat Group (HPG), 1.9 per cent; and Masan Group (MSN), 0.1 per cent.
About 30 stocks matched their ceiling prices, including Post and Telecommunication Investment & Construction (PTC), Lam Son Sugar (LSS), Ha Noi Maritime (MHC), and Hoang Long Group (HLG).
Trading volume on the HCM City bourse closed at 48.96 million shares, worth VND1.28 trillion (US$65.6 million).
The HNX-Index on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange rose by 3.47 per cent and closed at 132.85 points with 51.8 million shares changing hands.

Value returned to being active at VND1.25 trillion ($64.1 million).
Blue chips recorded gains for the day, including Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) rose 0.3 per cent; Bao Viet Securities, 1.4 per cent; Kim Long Securities, 1 per cent; and PetroVietnam Insurance (PVI), 0.9 per cent.
The Dow Jones rose 0.21 per cent overnight to 10,594.83 points.
The National trade deficit in August was about US$395 million, which is the lowest the deficit has been since April of 2009, reported Viet Nam's Customs Department.