PetroVietNam Gas  GAS.HM, Vietnam's top listed firm by market value, closed at its one-week high of 66,000 dong ($3.06), while Hanoi-based lender BIDV  BID.HM climbed 2.15 percent and dairy firm Vinamilk  VNM.HM advanced 0.93 percent.

Volume tumbled to 61.7 million shares, a low level unseen since June 6, Reuters data showed, as investors reduced risk exposures ahead of the country's public holiday from April 28 to May 3.

Here is a snapshot of the VN Index  .VNI at the close (0801 GMT).                   

VN Index       

565.77

                PREV. CLOSE       

561.25

                   % CHANGE        

0.81%

                       HIGH       

567.36

                        LOW       

561.56

          Change (%) 1-mnth       

-1.689

          Change (%) 3-mnth       

-3.628

          Change (%) 1-year       

-1.424

               52-week high       

644.56     

3-Sep-14

               52-week low        

508.51    

13-May-14

 ($1=21,550 dong)