The index closed 14.50 points lower after gaining 20.18 points in the previous session.
Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 14% to 12.12 trillionVND (492.48 million USD).
The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks, saw 28 tickers fell.
The HNX-Index for stocks on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, home to mid and small caps, fell 0.96% while the UPCoM-Index for the Unlisted Public Companies Market dropped 0.41%.