Vietnam one of world's best performing stock markets in August

Two investors watching the market's movements on a computer. - tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): After declining in the first two quarters, the VN-Index showed signs of recovery in the first half of the third quarter.

Last month, the benchmark even witnessed an outstanding breakthrough with a gain of more than 74 points, or 6.2 per cent, over the previous month.