In spite of the drop of other Asian markets, Viet Nam had a good start on Monday as many large-caps gained ground.

The VN-Index had a good start on Monday morning thanks to the strong gains of some individual stocks.

Vietnamese shares may continue declining this week, dragged down by the impact of recent US-China trade talks and a lack of corporate news, analysts said.

Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index rose for the first time since the beginning of May as investors eyed financial and petro sectors following their downturns.

Vietnamese shares managed to gain on Friday morning despite a sharp drop in global markets after Trump's tariff hike on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index fell for a sixth trading day in a row as caution and worries about the US-China trade talks continued to cast a shadow over the market.

Trading volume of derivatives plummeted in April in parallel with the sluggishness of the underlying market, showing an increasingly close link between these two markets.

More than 350 foreign investors were granted securities trading codes in April, bringing the total number of foreign investors able to participate in the Viet Nam’s securities market to nearly 30,240, according to the Viet Nam Securities Depository (VSD).

There are many securities products that are widely used in other countries but have not yet appeared on the Vietnamese stock market, said Phan Duc Hieu, deputy director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).