It remains unclear whether the rise of the stock market benefits enterprises and supports growth.

Shares rose on Thursday morning as risk appetite returned, helping many stocks to recover.

Shares settled lower on Wednesday as selling force overweighed bullish sentiment gathering in the previous session. Foreign investors also net sold a great value of shares.

The Minister of Finance (MoF) plans to rearrange the securities trading market in a newly-promulgated Circular as a move towards the merging of the two national stock exchanges into one named the Viet Nam Stock Exchange (VNX).

The stock market edged higher on Wednesday morning as investors' risk appetite returned.

Shares bounced back strongly in the afternoon session on Tuesday, driven by increasing demand at the support price levels.

The stock market inched down on Tuesday morning as it was still pressured by profit-taking activities.

 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a fund that simulates the movement of an index or a specific industry group such as real estate, commodities, or oil. Most ETFs adopt a passive investment strategy and simulate market capitalization indexes. However, the recent drastic plunge caused many investors, especially F0’s, to turn to ETFs to limit risks.

A prosperous first six months of this year for securities traders has led to many reaching their profit targets for the whole year already.