VN-Index gains with sustained foreign buying spree By Dat Nguyen August 4, 2021 | 04:08 pm GMT+7 An investor looks at stock prices on a smartphone at a brokerage in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran. Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.17 percent to 1,334.74 points Wednesday with foreign investors net buying for the fourth straight session. The index was in the green most of the day and closed with a 2-point gain, its eighth consecutive rising session. Trading value on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, fell 1 percent to VND21.28 trillion ($926 million). Foreign investors were net buyers for the fourth session in a row to the tune of VND830 billion, highest since July 12. They focused on VHM of real estate giant Vinhomes and STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank.