Viet Nam's benchmark VN-Index rose 0.71% to 1,608.22 points on August 12. The index closed 11.36 points higher after gaining 3.14 points in the previous session.
On November 4, the Politburo decided to assign and appoint General Trinh Van Quyet, Chairman of the General Department of Politics under the Viet Nam People’s Army, as Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education, and Mass Mobilisation. Quyet also steps down as a member of the Central Military Commission and its Standing Committee.